Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawi (27 October 1931 – 21 March 2021) was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician and psychiatrist.
Advocacy against genital mutilation
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At a young age, Saadawi underwent the process of female genital mutilation.[1] 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."[2] 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.[3]
See also
Wikipedia article: Nawal El Saadawi. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
External links
Cowell, Alan (21 March 2021)."Nawal El Saadawi, Advocate for Women in the Arab World, Dies at 89", The New York Times. Retrieved 22 March 2021.- Skopeleti, Clea (21 March 2021)."Nawal El Saadawi, trailblazing Egyptian writer, dies aged 89", The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- Mitchell, Aliston (16 May 2010)."Nawal al Saadawi", The Global Dispatches. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
References
- ↑ El-Wardani, Mahmoud (5 August 2017).
At 85, Nawal El-Saadawi writes about Nawal El-Saadawi
, Ahram Online. Retrieved 22 March 2021. - ↑
El Saadawi, Nawal: Part 1: The Mutilated Half
, in: The Hidden Face of Eve. - ↑ Michael, Maggie (2 July 2007).
Egypt Officials Ban Female Circumcision
(archive URL). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
