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Language, journalism, food, sex. All is politics. Even innocent love stories are politics. ... There is no such thing as neutrality.

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Nawal El Saadawi
Age: 89 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 27
Died: 2021
Died: March 21
Feminist
Gynaecologist
Novelist
Physician
Physician Writer
Politician
Psychiatrist
Writer
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
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We see our homeland more clearly when we are away from it than when we are in it.
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Who said to kill does not require gentleness?
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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In history, the millions win that is democracy.
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I had to educate myself about female circumcision, about the clitoris, about sexology. We studied gynecology only. Pregnancy, maternal care, etc.
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There is not a revolution that succe Saudi Arabia paid $7 billion for the Salafists to come, and the United States and Israel are pouring a lot of money into Egypt. Why? To divide the country by religion.
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To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.
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Unity is power without unity women cannot fight for their rights anywhere.
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Women are half the society. You cannot have a revolution without women. You cannot have democracy without women. You cannot have equality without women. You can't have anything without women.
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When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.
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I've lived here [in Egypt] among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians and Muslims and Baha'is and Sunni and Shia. The Salafists are trying to abort the revolution and make it religious, though the revolution started secular.
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You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor.
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All revolutions in history have obstacles. There is not a revolution that succes.
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What makes revolutionary thought unique is its clarity and dignity, and its clear grasp of freedom and justice: simple, clear words that are understood without the need for any help from elite writers or thinkers.
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I knew I hated him as only a woman can hate a man, as only a slave can hate his master.
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Love has made me a different person. It has made the world beautiful.
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Fearing servility, people become servile.
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Words should not seek to please, to hide the wounds in our bodies, or the shameful moments in our lives. They may hurt, give us pain, but they can also provoke us to question what we have accepted for thousands of years.
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Danger has been a part of my life ever since I picked up a pen and wrote. Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.
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