Nawal El Saadawi ; translated by Sherif Hetata ; with a foreword by Bettina Aptheker.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Zed Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 354 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
21 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Originally published: 1999.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Allah and McDonald's -- The cry in the night -- God above, husband below -- THank God for our calamities -- Flying with the butterflies -- Killing the bridegroom -- Daughter of the sea -- My revolutionary father -- The lost servant girl -- The village of forgotten employees -- God hid behind the coat-stand -- The ministry of nauseation -- Dreaming of pianos -- To the circus -- The singing man -- The whiskered peasant -- Uncles, suitors and other blood suckers -- A stove for my mother -- Coming to Cairo -- The long, strong bones of a horse -- Love and the hideous cat -- Art thieves -- Mad aunts and abandoned babies -- The house of desolation -- The secret communist -- Wasted lives -- Cholera, ageing and death -- The Qur ̕an betrayed -- British English and Holy Arabic -- The name of Marx -- The brush of history.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Nawal has been pilloried, censored, imprisoned and exiled for her refusal to accpet the oppressions imposed on women by gender and class. This is the autobiography of this extraordinary woman.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Saʻdāwī, Nawāl.
Saʻdāwī, Nawāl as-
Saʿdāwī, Nawāl as-1931-
Saʻdāwī, Nawāl.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Authors, Egyptian-- 20th century, Biography.
Social reformers-- Egypt, Biography.
Women authors, Egyptian-- 20th century, Biography.