Books by Nawal El Saadawi
“I included Woman At Point Zero because it is a slim but brutal and unrelenting book. It is brutal because patriarchy is brutal and it’s unrelentingly because patriarchy is unrelenting. In the book, Firdaus, a sex worker who is about to be put to death for murdering her pimp, tells the story of how a parade of patriarchal misogynists brutalized her.” Read more...
Mona Eltahawy, Journalist
Interviews where books by Nawal El Saadawi were recommended
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Woman at Point Zero
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This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
by Audre Lorde -
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A Small Key Can Open A Large Door: The Rojava Revolution
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Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays
by June Jordan
The best books on Patriarchy, recommended by Mona Eltahawy
The best books on Patriarchy, recommended by Mona Eltahawy
If you looked up patriarchy in a dictionary, the definition probably wouldn’t correspond with what most feminists and activists mean by it today. Here, Mona Eltahawy—journalist, activist and author of The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls—explains what it’s all about, why its tentacles are everywhere, and what to read to understand more about it.
