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Nawal El Saadawi quotes: To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.

To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.

When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.

War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die.

I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Danger has been a part of my life ever since I picked up a pen and wrote. Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

Danger has been a part of my life ever since I picked up a pen and wrote. Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: I knew I hated him as only a woman can hate a man, as only a slave can hate his master.

I knew I hated him as only a woman can hate a man, as only a slave can hate his master.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Who said to kill does not require gentleness?

Who said to kill does not require gentleness?

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.

Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison.

Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice.

I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Everybody has to die, Firdaus. I will die, and you will die. The important thing is how to live until you die.

Everybody has to die, Firdaus. I will die, and you will die. The important thing is how to live until you die.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Language, journalism, food, sex. All is politics. Even innocent love stories are politics ... There is no such thing as neutrality.

Language, journalism, food, sex. All is politics. Even innocent love stories are politics ... There is no such thing as neutrality.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Ever since I was a child I used to hear my father say: 'If the price we pay for freedom is high, we pay a much higher price if we

Ever since I was a child I used to hear my father say: 'If the price we pay for freedom is high, we pay a much higher price if we accept to be slaves.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: My work is not worthy of respect. Why then do you join in it with me?

My work is not worthy of respect. Why then do you join in it with me?

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.

Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Truth is relative, and there is always something missing in truth that prevents it from being perfect.

Truth is relative, and there is always something missing in truth that prevents it from being perfect.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'

I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.

Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: The trilogy composed of politics, religion and sex is the most sensitive of all issues in any society.

The trilogy composed of politics, religion and sex is the most sensitive of all issues in any society.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Love has made me a different person. It has made the world beautiful.

Love has made me a different person. It has made the world beautiful.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: We here in Egypt are fed up with U.S. colonialism.

We here in Egypt are fed up with U.S. colonialism.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on

All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: There is a proverb that says, 'Talk so that I may know who you are.' But I say, 'Show me your eyes and I will know who you are.

There is a proverb that says, 'Talk so that I may know who you are.' But I say, 'Show me your eyes and I will know who you are.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: We see our homeland more clearly when we are away from it than when we are in it.

We see our homeland more clearly when we are away from it than when we are in it.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: If you are creative you must be dissident.

If you are creative you must be dissident.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: They said, "You are a savage and dangerous woman."I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and dangerous.

They said, "You are a savage and dangerous woman."
I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and dangerous.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men.

Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Man ... put himself in a tight corner when he decided that woman was innately passive.

Man ... put himself in a tight corner when he decided that woman was innately passive.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: She is free to do what she wants, and free not to do it.

She is free to do what she wants, and free not to do it.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: The slogan of the revolution was dignity, social justice, and freedom. You cannot have dignity or social justice or freedom without women.

The slogan of the revolution was dignity, social justice, and freedom. You cannot have dignity or social justice or freedom without women.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: When my second husband shouted, 'Me or your writing!' I replied, 'My writing.' We separated.

When my second husband shouted, 'Me or your writing!' I replied, 'My writing.' We separated.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: I now knew that all of us were prostitutes who sold themselves at varying prices, and that an expensive prostitute was better than a cheap one.

I now knew that all of us were prostitutes who sold themselves at varying prices, and that an expensive prostitute was better than a cheap one.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions.

When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Many people come here and they think my apartment is a poor relative to my name. But you cannot be radical and have money, it's impossible.

Many people come here and they think my apartment is a poor relative to my name. But you cannot be radical and have money, it's impossible.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: The mask of secularism may differ in thickness, may be less visible, but religion is always there hidden under hallowed big beautiful words

The mask of secularism may differ in thickness, may be less visible, but religion is always there hidden under hallowed big beautiful words

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: My skin is soft, but my heart is cruel, and my bite is deadly.

My skin is soft, but my heart is cruel, and my bite is deadly.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.

When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.

The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor.

You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: All revolutions in history have obstacles. There is not a revolution that succes.

All revolutions in history have obstacles. There is not a revolution that succes.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Doubt is the first step towards knowledge, not faith.

Doubt is the first step towards knowledge, not faith.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Fearing servility, people become servile.

Fearing servility, people become servile.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: In history, the millions win; that is democracy.

In history, the millions win; that is democracy.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.

My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.

Nawal El Saadawi quotes: Unity is power; without unity women cannot fight for their rights anywhere.

Unity is power; without unity women cannot fight for their rights anywhere.