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Nawal El Saadawi was born in 1931, in a small village outside Cairo. In the 1970s she began to write, in works of fiction and non-fiction, the books on the oppression of Arab women for which she has become famous. She has achieved widespread international recognition, holds honorary doctorates and has received many prizes and awards. Her three classic books about life in Egypt, the cream of her writing, are beautifully reissued in June 2007, with stunning new covers and specially commissioned forewords. These key works of Egypt's most courageous writer should be part of everyone's understanding of the Arab world. Nawal el Saadawi spoke to enthusiastic audiences on her Oct 07 UK book tour: 'A very wide range of students and staff from many disciplines attended the event and many of them have since come to the Centre to say how stimulating they found the event and how engaging, open and interesting they found Nawal on a whole range of subjects.’ – Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre and Director,
‘There was a welcome tang, in her passion and clarity, of the sixties, and I found the event inspiring. … one of the most stimulating and memorable days I have known at the university.’ – Nigel Jenkins, prize-winning poet and writer,
On Woman at Point Zero 'Painful, compulsive reading ... A classic of modern literature and an important social study... I found it haunting, poetic and fiercely relevant.' - Scott Pack, Me and My Big Mouth, 13 June 2007 |
The Essential Nawal El SaadawiA Reader Edited by Adele Newson Horst
The writing of Nawal el Saadawi is essential to anyone wishing to understand the contemporary Middle East. Her dissident voice has stayed as consistent in its critique of the neo-imperialist international politics as it has of the oppression of women both in her native Egypt and in the world beyond. Saadawi is a figure of international significance and her work has a central place in the history and culture of the Arabic world of the last fifty years. This book, the first volume in 'Zed's Essential Feminists' series, gathers a section of the whole range of Saadawi's writing together in one volume for the first time. From fiction - novellas and short stories - to essays on politics, culture, religion and sex, from extensive interviews to her work as a dramatist, from poetry to selections of her travel writing, this book will be essential to anyone wishing to gain a sense of the total range of Saadawi's work. |
SearchingNawal El Saadawi
'Nawal El Saadawi' writes with directness and passion' - New York Times Book Review |
The Circling SongNawal El Saadawi
'To read this book is like looking into a kaleidoscope; as each new element in the story is added, so a new configuration is formed.' - Independent 'Nawal El Saadawi's technique is impressive: at once precise, controlled and hypnotic, even in translation. The style and meaning of the book are one. A song with no beginning and no end, the author tells its universal story.' - Everywoman 'This novel is a powerful example of the kind of anger and desperation to which Arab women writers are beginning to give vent.' - Choice 'Nawal El Saadawi is a legend in her own time. This is an ambitious work indeed.' - American Book Review
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A Daughter of IsisThe Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi Nawal El Saadawi, with foreword by Bettina Aptheker The first part of Nawal El Saadawi's life. 'A brave book...The author fought injustice all her life, suceeded in becoming a doctor... then a writer... Reading this we are reminded not to take our good fortune for granted. This is a book we should all be reading...' - Doris Lessing 2007 recipient of The African Literature Association’s Fonlon-Nichols Award, which is given annually to an African writer for excellence in creative writing and for contributions to the struggles for human rights and freedom of expression More information |
Walking through FireThe Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi Nawal El Saadawi, with foreword by Rebecca Walker
The second part of Nawal el Saadawi's extraordinary life. "A moving repudiation of those who have made Egypt's history in the last century" - Washington Post Book World 2007 recipient of The African Literature Association’s Fonlon-Nichols Award, which is given annually to an African writer for excellence in creative writing and for contributions to the struggles for human rights and freedom of expression More information |
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The Hidden Face of EveWomen in the Arab World Nawal El Saadawi
This powerful account of the oppression of women in the Muslim world remains as shocking today as when it was first published, more than a quarter of a century ago. Nawal is the 2007 recipient of The African Literature Association’s Fonlon-Nichols Award More information |
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Woman at Point ZeroNawal El Saadawi
A novel by Nawal El Saadawi. 'Nawal el Saadawi writes with directness and passion, transforming the systematic brutalisation of peasants and of women in to powerful allegory' - New York Times Book Review More information |
God Dies By The NileNawal El Saadawi
A novel by Nawal El Saadawi 'A quietly formidable achievement; its understated evocation of tragedy and strength in the face of victimization make it a graceful classic' - Women's Review More information |
