11 quotes
"Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself."
Woman at Point Zero (1975)
Many people think that female circumcision only started with the advent of Islam.
The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World (1974)
"My work is not worthy of respect. Why then do you join in it with me?"
Woman at Point Zero (1975)
Mohammad the Prophet tried to oppose this custom since he considered it harmful to the sexual health of the woman.
The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World (1974)
"All my life I have been searching for something that would fill me with pride, make me feel superior to everyone else, including kings, princes and rulers."
Woman at Point Zero (1975)
We're not living in three worlds, we're living in one.
"Do you prefer oranges or tangerines?"
Woman at Point Zero (1975)
In the Western media and in Western popular thinking, the term "fundamentalist" is almost restricted to Islamic groups, and yet the New World Order is characterized by the upsurge of so-called fundamentalist religious movements. Fundamentalism is a universal phenomenon, which increases with increasing poverty and racism.
Why Keep Asing Me About My Identity? (1996)
"Every single man I did get to know filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face."
Woman at Point Zero (1975)
I’m surrounded by young people, day and night. Thousands of them. The government is afraid of the young, and they won’t touch me because they know I have the power of the young people behind me.
"The woman sitting on the ground in front of me was a real woman, and the voice filling my ears with its sound, echoing in a cell where the window and door were tightly shut, could only be her voice, the voice of Firdaus."
Woman at Point Zero (1975)