A Daughter of Isis

The Autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi

Author: Nawal El Saadawi
ISBN: 9781856496803

Nawal El Saadawi has been pilloried, censored, imprisoned and exiled for her refusal to accept the oppressions imposed on women by gender and class. In her life and in her writings, this struggle against sexual discrimination has always been linked to a struggle against all forms of oppression: religious, racial, colonial and neo-colonial. In 1969, she published her first work of non-fiction, Women and Sex ; in 1972, her writings and her struggles led to her dismissal from her job. From then on there was no respite; imprisonment under Sadat in 1981 was the culmination of the long war she had fought for Egyptian women's social and intellectual freedom. A Daughter of Isis is the autobiography of this extraordinary woman.

Publisher: Zed Books
Publish Date: 1999

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Literary, Biography & Autobiography / Women

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Biography/Autobiography)