In this book we see how, from an early age, Saadawi combines her love of the Arabic language with her awareness of gender-based oppression to create texts which are as subversive as they are moving

Modern African Studies

As I finished reading Dr. Nawal's autobiography I felt a sudden sense of loss. I didn't want to leave her. I went back and read the last sections again, and then again, until I remembered how many other books she has written. Then I felt delight that I will be able to return to her words and to her stories, and that so many others will share in them

Bettina Aptheker

This is a book we should all be reading

Doris Lessing

I think her life has been one long death threat. At a time when nobody else was talking, she spoke the unspeakable

Margaret Atwood