A Daughter of Isis

Download or read book A Daughter of Isis written by Nawal El Saadawi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-27 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi, author of Woman at Point Zero and one of the Arab world's greatest writers, tells the story of the formative years which shaped an iconic voice in global feminism. In poignant and moving prose we learn about her relationships with her family, her traumatic experience of female genital mutilation at seven years old and escaping suitors at ten and her journey from the rural Egyptian village of her birth to metropolitan Cairo to study medicine. Filled with warmth as well as critical reflection, this book reveals the early years of a remarkable life dedicated to the fight for justice and equality.