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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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}}</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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