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![]() | Memoirs from the Women's Prison (1986) A non fiction book by Nawal El Saadawi |
Often likened to Rigoberta Menchu and Nadine Gordimer, Nawal El Saadawi is one of the world's leading feminist authors. Director of Health and Education in Cairo, she was summarily dismissed from her post in 1972 for her political writing and activities. In 1981 she was imprisoned by Anwar Sadat for alleged "crimes against the State" and was not released until after his assassination.
Memoirs from the Women's Prison offers both firsthand witness to women's resistance to state violence and fascinating insights into the formation of women's community. Saadawi describes how political prisoners, both secular intellectuals and Islamic revivalists, forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell.
Saadawi's haunting prose makes Memoirs an important work of twentieth-century literature. Recognized as a classic of prison writing, it touches all who are concerned with political oppression, intellectual freedom, and personal dignity.
Memoirs from the Women's Prison offers both firsthand witness to women's resistance to state violence and fascinating insights into the formation of women's community. Saadawi describes how political prisoners, both secular intellectuals and Islamic revivalists, forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell.
Saadawi's haunting prose makes Memoirs an important work of twentieth-century literature. Recognized as a classic of prison writing, it touches all who are concerned with political oppression, intellectual freedom, and personal dignity.
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Hardback Editions
November 1994 : Hardback
| Title: Memoirs from the Women's Prison (Literature of the Middle East) Author(s): Nawal El-Saadawi ISBN: 0-520-08887-5 / 978-0-520-08887-0 (USA edition) Publisher: University of California Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
November 1994 : Paperback
| Title: Memoirs from the Women's Prison (Literature of the Middle East) Author(s): ISBN: 0-520-08888-3 / 978-0-520-08888-7 (USA edition) Publisher: University of California Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1986 : Paperback
| Title: Memoirs from the Women's Prison (PBK) Author(s): Nawal El-Saadawi, Nawal el Sa'adawi ISBN: 0-7043-4002-X / 978-0-7043-4002-2 (UK edition) Publisher: The Women's Press Ltd Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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