The 92+ Nawal El Saadawi Quotes

The Salafists Are Trying To Abort The Revolution And Make It Religious, Though The Revolution Started Secular. There Was Not A Single Islamic Slogan. It Was Secular Men And Women, And In Fact, They Were Unified. Now They Want To Divide The Revolution, And Religion Is A Very Strong Weapon.

I've Lived In Egypt Among Christians And Muslims, And We Never Had A Conflict. Now You Have A Conflict Between Christians And Muslims And Baha'is And Sunni And Shia.

All Revolutions In History Have Obstacles. There Is Not A Revolution That Succes.

Thus, After A Period Of About Two Thousand Years The Greatest Crime Became To Worship A God Other Than The God Of Moses, Whereas Injustice Became A Minor Sin. I Began To Ask Myself How This Change Had Come About. Was It Linked To A New Order In Which The Female Goddesses Had Been Replaced By One Male God?

In History, The Millions Win; That Is Democracy.

Truth Is Relative, And There Is Always Something Missing In Truth That Prevents It From Being Perfect.

What Makes Revolutionary Thought Unique Is Its Clarity And Dignity, And Its Clear Grasp Of Freedom And Justice: Simple, Clear Words That Are Understood Without The Need For Any Help From Elite Writers Or Thinkers.

The Feminists Who Are Aware Of The Effects Of Patriarchy Realize That We Are All In The Same Boat From The Dangers Of Patriarchy, And That The Oppression Of Women Is Universal.

We Here In Egypt Are Fed Up With U.s. Colonialism.

You Know, I Look To Myself Mainly As A Creative Writer All My Life And A Medical Doctor.

There Is Not A Revolution That Succe Saudi Arabia Paid $7 Billion For The Salafists To Come, And The United States And Israel Are Pouring A Lot Of Money Into Egypt. Why? To Divide The Country By Religion.

The Medical Profession [in Egypt] Is Also Very Commercial. Health Is Not Given To The Poor. You Know, If You Have Money, You Have Medical Care; If You Do Not, Then You Are In Trouble. I Was Not Ready At All To Build My Economic Security On The Diseases Of People, On Suffering, Especially Of Women And Children. So, In A Way, I Rebelled Against It.