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Memoirs from the Women’s Prison

By Nawal El Sa’adawi

Book information

Publisher
The Women’s Press
Year
1986
ISBN
070434002X
ASIN
0520088883
Google Books ID
-dj2UzPl8k4C
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
165 MB (173170363 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
197\203
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2017-04-26 22:02:41
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Description

Translated by Marilyn Booth Often likened to Rigoberta Menchu and Nadine Gordimer, Nawal El Saadawi is one of the world's leading feminist authors. Director of Health and Education in Cairo, she was summarily dismissed from her post in 1972 for her political writing and activities. In 1981 she was imprisoned by Anwar Sadat for alleged "crimes against the State" and was not released until after his assassination. Memoirs from the Women's Prison offers both firsthand witness to women's resistance to state violence and fascinating insights into the formation of women's community. Saadawi describes how political prisoners, both secular intellectuals and Islamic revivalists, forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell. Saadawi's haunting prose makes Memoirs an important work of twentieth-century literature. Recognized as a classic of prison writing, it touches all who are concerned with political oppression, intellectual freedom, and personal dignity.

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