Woman at Point Zero

Nawal El Saadawi (Author) , Miriam Cooke (Foreword) , Sherif Hetata (Translator)

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Woman at Point Zero

Nawal El Saadawi (Author) , Miriam Cooke (Foreword) , Sherif Hetata (Translator)

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'An unforgettable, unmissable book for the new global feminist.'
The Times

'All the men I did get to know filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face.'

So begins Firdaus's remarkable story of rebellion against a society founded on lies, hypocrisy, brutality and oppression. Born to a peasant family in the Egyptian countryside, Firdaus struggles through childhood, seeking compassion and knowledge in a world which gives her little of either. As she grows up and escapes the fetters of her childhood, each new relationship teaches her a bitter but liberating truth – that the only free people are those who want nothing, fear nothing and hope for nothing.

This classic novel has been an inspiration to countless people across the world. Saadawi's searing indictment of society's brutal treatment of women continues to resonate today.

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Published	Oct 15 2015
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	3rd
Pages	160
ISBN	9781783607426
Imprint	Zed Books
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Nawal El Saadawi

Nawal El Saadawi was an internationally renowned w…

Foreword

Miriam Cooke

Translator

Sherif Hetata

Sherif Hetata, the author, was first arrested when…

Nawal El Saadawi writes with directness and passion, transforming the systematic brutalisation of peasants and of women in to powerful allegory

New York Times
This book will look you dead in the eye… I thoroughly recommend this book because it will make you examine the ways in which people in impossible situations can retain dignity and control over themselves. Read it wide-eyed.

Books By Broads
The most influential feminist thinker in the Arab world over the past half-century.

Financial Times
El Saadawi has a flair for melodrama and mystery.

International Journal of Middle East Studies
A powerful indictment of the treatment of women in many parts of the Middle East

Labour Herald
Woman at Point Zero should begin the long march towards a realistic and sympathetic portrayal of Arab women.

Middle East International