When We Live In A World That

Interviewer: What Would You Say To A Woman In This Country Who Assumes She Is No Longer Oppressed, Who Believes Women's Liberation Has Been Achieved? El Saadawi: Well I Would Think She Is Blind. Like Many People Who Are Blind To Gender Problems, To Class Problems, To International Problems. She's Blind To What's Happening To Her.

Who Said To Kill Does Not Require Gentleness?

Memory Is Never Complete. There Are Always Parts Of It That Time Has Amputated. Writing Is A Way Of Retrieving Them, Of Bringing The Missing Parts Back To It, Of Making It More Holistic.

Danger Has Been A Part Of My Life Ever Since I Picked Up A Pen And Wrote. Nothing Is More Perilous Than Truth In A World That Lies.

Women Were Everywhere In The Revolution. Women Participated In It, And Many Women Were Killed. Then We Had The Right To Speak Up And Gain Some More Rights, But What Happened Was There Was A Backlash. Why? Because We Have The Salafists, Muslim Brothers, Religious Groups.