Nawal El Saadawi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthday

1931-10-22

Deathday

2021-03-21

Place of Birth

Kafr Tahlah, Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt

Nawal El Saadawi

Biography

Nawal Elsaadawi was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist and physician. She wrote numerous books on the subject of women in Islam, focusing on the practice of female genital mutilation in her society. She was described as "the Simone de Beauvoir of the Arab World", and as "Egypt's most radical woman"