Fearing Servility, People Become Servile.

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.

If You Are Creative, You Must Be Dissident.

The Tracing Of A Child's Lineage And Its Name With Reference To The Father, Though It Has Lasted For Many Thousands Of Years, Has Not Become Any The More Natural Or Reasonable As A Result.

We See Our Homeland More Clearly When We Are Away From It Than When We Are In It.

Unity Is Power; Without Unity Women Cannot Fight For Their Rights Anywhere.