Nawal El Saadawi
Acting
- Born
- October 22, 1931 in Kafr Tahlah, Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt
- Died
- March 21, 2021
- Age
- Died at age 89
Biography
Nawal Elsaadawi was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist and physician. She wrote numerous books on the subject of women in Islam, focusing on the practice of female genital mutilation in her society. She was described as "the Simone de Beauvoir of the Arab World", and as "Egypt's most radical woman"
