![]() ![]() She left this world on March 21, 2021, at the age of 89. Nawal el-Saadawi was a quintessential political being who traversed the path of resistance against dictatorship and against the ills of contemporary capitalism. She was surrounded by students and young women and they hailed her as a guiding force. She stood with the younger generation in their struggle. Nawal el-Saadawi was there to participate in the movement against the Mubarak dictatorship demanding democratic transition. ![]() In January 2011, in the Tahrir Square in Egypt, an important event in the history of contemporary social movements was unfolding. Until such work, much of the feminist discussions in the Arab world were centred on issues within each national boundary Dr Saadawi's famous book The Hidden Face of Eve provided a broad conceptual template in which Arab women's issues and Arab women's identity itself could be discussed in a much more systematic manner. ![]()
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