Frases de Nawal al-Sa'dawi

Nawal al-Sa'dawi, é uma escritora, médica, psiquiatra e feminista egípcia.Escreveu muitos livros sobre o tema das mulheres no Islã, prestando especial atenção à prática da mutilação genital feminina em sua sociedade. Ela foi descrita como "a Simone de Beauvoir do mundo árabe".Ela é fundadora e presidente da Associação de Solidariedade das Mulheres Árabes e co-fundadora da Associação Árabe para os Direitos Humanos. Ela recebeu graus honorários em três continentes. Em 2004, ganhou o Prêmio Norte-Sul do Conselho da Europa. Em 2005, ganhou o Prêmio Internacional Inana na Bélgica e em 2012, o International Peace Bureau concedeu-lhe o Prêmio Sean MacBride da Paz . Wikipedia  

✵ 27. Outubro 1931
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Nawal al-Sa'dawi: Frases em inglês

“The hijab has nothing to do with moral values.”

Statement on Al-Arabiya TV (3 March 2007), as quoted in "The Hijab: Is it Religiously mandated?" by Farzana Hassan and Tarek Fatah at Islamic Research Foundation International, Inc. http://www.irfi.org/articles3/articles_4801_4900/the%20hijab-%20is%20it%20religiously%20mandatedhtml.htm<!-- DEAD LINK Nawal Al-Sa'dawi Talks about Her Beliefs and Explains Her Decision to Leave Egypt: I Am Nauseated by Accusations against Me http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1396 -->
Contexto: The hijab has nothing to do with moral values. A woman's moral values are reflected in her eyes, in the way she talks, and in the way she walks. They put on a hijab and go dancing, wearing high heels and lipstick. They wear tight jeans that show their bellies.

“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 (1980)
Contexto: Many people think that female circumcision only started with the advent of Islam. But as a matter of fact it is well known and widespread in some areas of the world before the Islamic era, including the Arabian peninsula. Mohammad the Prophet tried to oppose this custom since he considered it harmful to the sexual health of the woman.

“Many people think that female circumcision only started with the advent of Islam.”

The Hidden Face of Eve (1980)
Contexto: Many people think that female circumcision only started with the advent of Islam. But as a matter of fact it is well known and widespread in some areas of the world before the Islamic era, including the Arabian peninsula. Mohammad the Prophet tried to oppose this custom since he considered it harmful to the sexual health of the woman.

“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.”

On how writers like her are protected by the younger generation since the 2011 revolution in Egypt in “Nawal El Saadawi: ‘Do you feel you are liberated? I feel I am not’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/11/nawal-el-saadawi-interview-do-you-feel-you-are-liberated-not in The Guardian (2015 Oct 11)