Nawal El Saadawi
October 27, 1931 –March 21, 2021
Psychiatrist, Physician writer, Gynecologist, Novelist, Politician, Writer
Lived 89 years
- Born in
- Kafr Tahla
- Passed away in
- Southern Giza
Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: نوال السعداوي, ALA-LC: Nawāl as-Saʿdāwī; 27 October 1931 – 21 March 2021) was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatrist. She wrote numerous books on women in Islam, focusing on issues affecting women in the Global South, including sexuality, patriarchy, social class, and colonialism.
She was the founder and president of the Arab Women's Solidarity Association. She was also a co-founder of the Arab Association for Human Rights.
She received honorary degrees from universities on three continents. In 2004, she was awarded the North–South Prize by the Council of Europe. In 2005, she received the Inana International Prize in Belgium. In 2012, the International Peace Bureau awarded her the Seán MacBride Peace Prize.
Notable works: Woman at Point Zero, The Fall of the Imam Awards: Franco-Arabic Friendship Award, honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews, Catalonia International Prize, North–South Prize, honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles, Stig Dagerman Prize, Seán MacBride Peace Prize, BBC 100 Women, honorary doctor of the University of Tromso, honorary doctor of the University of Chicago Education: Columbia University, Cairo University, Ain Shams University
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawal_El_Saadawi