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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
|last=El Saadawi
|first=Nawal
|lastinit=El SaadawiN
|author-link=Nawal El Saadawi
|title=The Hidden Face of Eve
|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
|first=Maggie
|last=Michael
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* {{URLwikipedia|Nawal_El_Saadawi|Nawal El Saadawi|2021-03-22}}
* [[Female circumcision]]
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