Nawal El Saadawi

Nawal El Saadawi is a famous Egptian feminist and author. Her stories are mainly about womens issues in the Arab world and she has angered the Egyptian government. Her first novel was confiscated by the government. She was born in the small village of Kafr Tahla in 1931 and has eight brothers and sisters. Her parents both died young She began writing about 25 years ago and her books are translated in twelve different languages. She researched women and neurosis at Ain Shams University from 1973 to 1976 and published the book Women and Neurosis in Egypt based on her studies. She also wrote Women at Point Zero, which is based on a true story of a woman who was convicted of killing her husband. In 1980 she was arrested under the Sadat regime for alledges "crimes against the state." In 1982 she was released from prison and published her book Memoirs from the Women's Prison in which she continued her attacks against the Egyptian government. Here is a video of Nawal El Saadawi giving a lecture in Montreal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwpaeOdb3Hk