Egypt’s veteran feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi passes away at 90

CAIRO - 21 March 2021: Veteran Egyptian feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi passed away at 90.

Saadawi is an author, doctor and an activist dedicated to combating female genital mutilation (FGM).

She has been one of the most active and recognizable voices of Egyptian feminism for more than 45 years and has published an extensive amount of literature, with well over 50 works, including plays, short fiction, full novels and feminist critiques.

In 2017 she released a book titled "A Notebook of an 85-Year-Old Girl".

Expanding on excerpts from pages of her personal journal, it covers her thoughts on how women her age are perceived and the various situations Egypt has faced across her many years of life.

Saadawi has performed  immense work she has done for women's rights in the Arab world. 

In 2018, two notable Egyptian women, actress Yasmin Raies and El-Saadawi, have been invited to receive honors at the 22nd Tunisian Association of Innovative Arab Women conference. 

Running April 26-28, 2018 in Sousse, Tunisia, the theme for that year was “Self-Representation in the Creativity of Arab Women”.

Thr forum was established in 1996 with the goal of introducing the creativity of Arab women in all human fields, facilitating the exchange of experiences between Arab creators and strengthening the bonds between them.