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The Hidden Face of Eve

Women in the Arab World

Author: Nawal El Saadawi  

The Hidden Face of Eve
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A searing and personal account of brutality against women in the Muslim world

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A searing and personal account of brutality against women in the Muslim world

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Passionate, powerful and thought-provoking, in The Hidden Face of Eve, leading feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi provides a shocking account of the oppression of women in the Arab world.

Inspired by her experiences working as a doctor in rural Egypt and her life as an activist for women’s rights, she charts the injustices and violence faced by women in the society she grew up in, from legal inequality to honour killings and sexual violence, including female genital mutilation. Examining the historical roots of this oppression, she tackles the controversial topic of women and Islam, arguing that customs such as veiling and polygamy are contradictory to the fundamental teachings of the Muslim faith or any other.

As necessary now as when it was first published, The Hidden Face of Eve is a classic of Arab feminist writing.

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Critic Reviews

The most recognisable name in Egyptian and Middle Eastern feminism … poignant, penetrating yet simple. Library Journal
A harrowing exposé of the abuse of women in the Arab world London Review of Books
Nawal El Saadawi has become something of a heroine for many young Arab women … a cry from the heart MESA Bulletin
The leading spokeswoman on the status of women in the Arab world The Guardian
Nawal El Saadawi speaks directly on behalf of many women in the Third World and the daily struggles they face West Africa
The Arab world's leading feminist and iconoclast Fedwa Malti-Davis

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About the Author

Nawal El Saadawi was born in a village outside Cairo, Egypt, in 1931. A trained medical doctor, she wrote landmark works on the oppression of Arab women including Woman at Point Zero (1973), God Dies by the Nile (1976) and The Hidden Face of Eve (1977). After being imprisoned by Anwar Sadat’s government for criticising the regime, she founded the Arab Women’s Solidarity Association in 1982, before being forced into exile in later life due to death threats by religious extremists. She returned to Egypt in 1996, running for president in 2005 until government persecution forced her to withdraw. Saadawi died in Egypt in 2021.

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Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published
27th June 2024
Pages
456
ISBN
9780755651528

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