Essential Nawal El Saadawi

Nawal El Saadawi is an internationally renowned writer, novelist and fighter for women’s rights both within Egypt and abroad. She holds honorary doctorates from, among others, the universities of York, Illinois at Chicago, St Andrews and Tromso as well as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.Her many prizes and awards include the Premi Internacional Catalunya in 2003, the Council of Europe North-South Prize in 2004, the Women of the Year Award (UK) in 2011, the Sean MacBride Peace Prize (Ireland) in 2012, and the French National Order of Merit in 2013. Her books have been translated into over forty languages worldwide. They are taught in universities across the world..

'Powerfully political.'Poetry Nation Review'The Arab world's leading feminist and iconoclast.'Fedwa Malti-Davis'The leading spokeswoman on the status of women in the Arab world.'The Guardian'The most recognisable name in Egyptian and Middle Eastern feminism… poignant, penetrating yet simple'.Library Journal'Throughout her writing she sheds new light on the power of women in resistance - against poverty, racism, fundamentalism and inequality of all kinds.'The Middle East'. . . The author fought injustice all her life, succeeded in becoming a doctor... then a writer. In our culture women’s education was fought for by our grandmothers and great-grandmothers; reading this we are reminded not to take our good fortune for granted. This is a book we should all be reading...'Doris Lessing'As I finished reading Dr. Nawal's autobiography I felt a sudden sense of loss. I didn't want to leave her. I went back and read the last sections again, and then again, until I remembered how many other books she has written. Then I felt delight that I will be able to return to her words and to her stories, and that so many others will share in them.'Bettina Aptheker'Without doubt the most prominent and prolific female author in the Arabic language. Dr. Nawal al-Saadawi has the uncanny ability to place her finger on the hot buttons that inflame Arab readers.'Fedwa Malti-Douglas'El Saadawi's poetic prose and searing details keep the pages alive with stories of triumph, dissent, death and disappointment.'San Francisco Chronicle

• AcknowledgementsPreface - Nawal El SaadawiTimelineIntroduction - Adele Newson-HorstPart I: Articles/Essays/Non-fictional Prose1. How to Write and Why2. How to Fight Against the Postmodern Slave System3. First Trip Outside the Homeland4. Introduction to The Hidden Face of Eve5. The Seventh International AWSA Conference6. Women and the Poor7. God Above, Husband Below8. The House of Desolation9. The Streetwalker and the Woman Writer10. Muslim Women in the Market11. Bodour12. Writing and Freedom13. The Three Universal Taboos: Sex, Religion, and Politics14. Breeding Terror or an Uncivilized Clash of Civilizations15. Breeding Terror or an Uncivilized Clash of Civilizations16. Fear and Writing17. Obama's Speech in CairoPart II: Fiction and Poetry18. Death of an Ex-Minister19. My Ideal Mother20. A Paper that was Never Presented for Publication21. Sixteen Short Poems22. Inspired by the Summit Meeting with the Elite23. The Impact of Fanatic Religious ThoughtPart III: Drama24. Twelve Women in a CellPart IV: Interviews and Criticism25. Feminism in Egypt: A Conversation with Nawal El Saadawi26. Fed Up with Limited Thinking: An Interview27. Conversations with Nawal El Saadawi28. Nawal El Saadawi's Fall of the Imam: The Daughter of the Goddess of the Land Fells the Imam and Rises AgainPart V: Bibliographies29. Bibliography of Book Length Works30. Bibliography of Interviews31. Bibliography of Criticism