Imprisoned by former president Anwar Sadat, exiled by Hosni Mubarak, and hated by the Muslim Brotherhood leadership, 81-year old dissident and feminist Nawal El Saadawi still sees hope for an Egypt free from the clutches of religious and military rule.
“We will never allow a military government rule or a religious Islamic rule, never,” she told this website in Brussels on Wednesday (10 July).
An avid campaigner for women’s rights in a society deeply engrained with patriarchal valu...
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