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[[File:Nawal_El_Saadawi_02.JPG|thumb|Saadawi at the Göteborg Book Fair in 2010]]
[[File:Nawal_El_Saadawi_02.JPG|thumb|Saadawi at the Göteborg Book Fair in 2010]]
==Advocacy against genital mutilation==
==Advocacy against genital mutilation==
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<blockquote>At a young age, Saadawi underwent the process of female genital mutilation.<ref>{{REFweb
<blockquote>At a young age, Saadawi underwent the process of female genital mutilation.<ref>{{REFweb
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}}</ref> As an adult, she has written about and criticized this practice. She responded to the death of a 12-year-old girl, Bedour Shaker, during a genital circumcision operation in 2007 by writing: "Bedour, did you have to die for some light to shine in the dark minds? Did you have to pay with your dear life a price ... for doctors and clerics to learn that the right religion doesn't cut children's organs."<ref>{{REFbook
}}</ref> As an adult, she has written about and criticized this practice. She responded to the death of a 12-year-old girl, Bedour Shaker, during a genital circumcision operation in 2007 by writing: "Bedour, did you have to die for some light to shine in the dark minds? Did you have to pay with your dear life a price ... for doctors and clerics to learn that the right religion doesn't cut children's organs."<ref>{{REFbook
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  |title=The Hidden Face of Eve
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  |chapter=Part 1: The Mutilated Half
  |chapter=Part 1: The Mutilated Half
}}</ref> '''As a doctor and human rights activist, Saadawi is also opposed to male [[circumcision]]. She believes that both male and female children deserve protection from genital mutilation.'''<ref>{{REFweb
}}</ref> '''As a doctor and [[human rights]] activist, Saadawi is also opposed to male [[circumcision]]. She believes that both male and female children deserve protection from genital mutilation.'''<ref>{{REFweb
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* {{URLwikipedia|Nawal_El_Saadawi|Nawal El Saadawi|2021-03-22}}
* {{URLwikipedia|Nawal_El_Saadawi|Nawal El Saadawi|2021-03-22}}
 
* [[Female circumcision]]
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  |website=The New York Times
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|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/21/nawal-el-saadawi-trailblazing-egyptian-writer-dies-aged-89
|title=Nawal El Saadawi, trailblazing Egyptian writer, dies aged 89
|last=Skopeleti
|first=Clea
|website=The Guardian
  |date=2021-03-21
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