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Nawal El Saadawi
Acting
22 Oct 1931
† 21 Mar 2021
Kafr Tahlah, Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt
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"
Also Known As
Nawal Elsaadawi, Nawal Sadawi, نوال السعداوى, نوال السعداوي
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