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"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."

— Nawal El Saadawi Woman at Point Zero (1975)

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"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.

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"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."

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