Daughter of Isis The Early Life of Nawal el Saadawi, in Her Own Words

Name: Daughter of Isis The Early Life of Nawal el Saadawi, in Her Own Words
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ISBN: 9781848132320

ISBN-10: 1848132328

ISBN-13: 9781848132320

Edition: 2nd 2009 (Revised)

Authors: Nawal El Saadawi, Sherif Hetata, Fedwa Malti-Douglas, Sherif Hetata

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This is the first volume of the autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi, giving an emotionally shattering, but wonderfully lyrical, portrait of her childhood in a remote Egyptian village -- the childhood that produced the freedom fighter. She describes vividly the culture of the place and time into which she was born and also her intuitive -- and inspiring -- desire to transcend the restrictions forced upon her because of her gender. From the very start, escaping the grasp of possible marriage at the age of ten, we see how she moulded her own creative power into a weapon and how the use of words became an act of rebellion against injustice, leading first to her career as a medical doctor and…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Zed Books, Limited
Publication date: 4/9/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English