Saʻdāwī, Nawāl

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Name (Hebrew)
אלסעדאוי, נואל, 1931-2021
Name (Latin)
Saʻdāwī, Nawāl
Name (Arabic)
السعداوي، نوال، 1931-2021
Other forms of name
Nawal al-Sa'dawi
Sa'dawi, Nawal, 1931-
al-Saʻdāwī, Nawāl
Saadawi, Nawal El
El Saadawi, Nawal
El Saadoui, Naoual
Saadoui, Naoual el
Alsaʻdaṿi, Naṿal
סעדאוי, נואל, 1931-2021
אל-סעדאוי, נואל
אס-סעדאוי, נואל
السعداوي، نوال
سعداوي، نوال، 1931-2021
السعداوى، نوال
Date of birth
1931-10-27
Date of death
2021-03-21
Other designation
Egyptians
Place of birth
Kafr Ṭaḥlah (Egypt)
Associated country
Egypt
Field of activity
Arabic literature
Feminism
Psychiatry
Public health
Literature
Medicine
Associate group
Duke University
Jāmiʻat al-Qāhirah
Occupation
Feminists
Authors
Physicians
Psychiatrists
Writers
Associated Language
ara
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 84254254
Wikidata: Q238514
Library of congress: n 81133834
Sources of Information
  • NY times online, March 22, 2021:obit. (Nawal El Saadawi; advocate for women in the Arab Word; dies at 89 in Cairo; Egyptian author, activist and physician)
  • Washington post WWW site, viewed March 24, 2021(in obituary dated March 23, 2021: Nawal El Saadawi; Dr. El Saadawi, who died March 21 at 89 in Cairo, spent decades championing women's equality, emerging as one of the Arab world's foremost feminists while publishing more than 50 novels, story collections, plays and nonfiction books. Nawal El Saadawi was born in Kafr Tahla, a village outside Cairo, on Oct. 27, 1931. Dr. El Saadawi received a medical degree from Cairo University in 1955, specializing in psychiatry, and returned to her village to work as a doctor, often treating the damage from female genital mutilation. In 1966 she earned a master's degree in public health from Columbia University. She later practiced psychiatry and worked for the United Nations, including as director of a women's training and research program in Ethiopia)
  • Wikipedia, September 21, 2018(Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: نوال السعداوي‎, born 27 October 1931); Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatrist; born Kafr Tahla, Egypt)
  • The Author's اغنية الاطفال الدائرية, ١٩٨٣.
  • LCN: Sadawi, Nawal
  • Her Ḥanān qalīl, 196-?
  • Her The hidden face of Eve, 1982:CIP t.p. (Nawal el Saadawi) CIP data sheet (Nawal El Saadawi)
  • Her Douze femmes dans Kanater, c1984:t.p. (Naoual el Saadoui) cover flap (Egyptienne; b. 1931; médecin)
  • Majmūʻat qiṣaṣ, 1988:t.p. (D. Nawāl al-Saʻdāwī)
  • Her Nefilato shel ha-imam, 1991:t.p. (Naṿal Alsaʻdaṿi)
  • The innocence of the Devil, c1994:CIP t.p. (Nawal El Saadawi) introd. (grad. of the Faculty of Medicine, 1955)
  • A daughter of Isis, 1999:CIP t.p. (Nawal El Saadawi) galley (b. 1931; literary author and physician; wife of Sherif Hetata; visiting prof., Duke Univ.)
  • Zīnah, 2009:p. 4 of cover (Nawāl al-Saʻdāwī, medical degree from the University of Cairo)
  • Wikipedia, September 21, 2018(Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: نوال السعداوي', born 27 October 1931); Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatrist; born Kafr Tahla, Egypt)
  • نوال السعداوي (27 أكتوبر 1931 - 21 مارس 2021)، طبيبة أمراض صدرية، وطبيبة أمراض نفسية، وكاتبة وروائية مصرية مدافعة عن حقوق الإنسان بشكل عام وحقوق المرأة بشكل خاص. كتبت العديد من الكتب عن المرأة في الإسلام ( (ويكيبيديا، شوهد 12 أبريل 2021) )
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Wikipedia description:

Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: نوال السعداوي, ALA-LC: Nawāl as-Saʿdāwī; 27 October 1931 – 21 March 2021) was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatrist. She wrote numerous books on women in Islam, focusing on issues affecting women in the Global South, including sexuality, patriarchy, social class, and colonialism. She was the founder and president of the Arab Women's Solidarity Association. She was also a co-founder of the Arab Association for Human Rights. She received honorary degrees from universities on three continents. In 2004, she was awarded the North–South Prize by the Council of Europe. In 2005, she received the Inana International Prize in Belgium. In 2012, the International Peace Bureau awarded her the Seán MacBride Peace Prize.

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