Zitat des Tages von Nawal El Saadawi:
I've participated in many demonstrations since I was a child. When I was at medical college, I was fighting King Farouk, then British colonization, against Nasser, against Sadat who pushed me into prison, Mubarak who pushed me into exile. I never stopped.
To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction.
A lot of women are afraid of loneliness, so when they see a woman who can live alone, then they think, 'Hmm, I can do that.' But you need an example, and that is why I am proud to say I have divorced three husbands.
I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'
Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.
I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice.
You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor.
When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.
I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it is the opposite. Age makes me more angry.
When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.
Whenever I go to New York or any European country, they say: 'Nawal, why don't you get a facelift?' I tell them, 'I am proud of my wrinkles. Every wrinkle on my face tells the story of my life. Why should I hide my age?'
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.
Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.
Unity is power; without unity women cannot fight for their rights anywhere.
Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison.
