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Doubt is the first step towards knowledge, not faith.
Nawal El Saadawi
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Nawal El Saadawi
Age: 89 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 27
Died: 2021
Died: March 21
Feminist
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Everybody has to die, Firdaus. I will die, and you will die. The important thing is how to live until you die.
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