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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 4 books in this booklist
£9.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786993069 | ISBN 10: 1786993066
Nawal El Saadawi has been pilloried, censored, imprisoned and exiled for her refusal to accept the oppressions imposed on women by gender and class. For her, writing and action have been inseperable and this is reflected in some of the most evocative ... more
View book details£18.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781848132269 | ISBN 10: 1848132263
Hamida and Hamido are twins, grown from a single embryo inside one womb. Violently parted, they search the city in the darkening circles of a dream, only to find, lose and again find each other, each time as if it were the first. Their journey - terr ... more
View book details£13.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781848132290 | ISBN 10: 1848132298
In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi painted a beautifully textured portrait of the childhood that moulded her into a novelist and fighter for freedom and the rights of women. Walking Through Fire takes up the story of Saadawi‘s extraordinary life ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780863565625 | ISBN 10: 086356562x
Bahiah Shaheen, an 18-year old medical student and daughter of a prominent Egyptian public official, finds the male students in her class coarse and alien. Her father, too, seems to belong to a race apart. Frustrated by her hard-working, well-behav ... more
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