This book also represents a very important bridge between the thoughts of Marxism and psychoanalysis. The final part talks about modern issues facing Arab women, the small extent to which they have been pseudo-liberated, and several great thinkers and activists who fought for women's rights in Egypt. The second takes a survey of women in Egyptian and Arab history from the age of the pharaohs. The book starts of with her account of when she was circumcised at the age of 6 and then goes on to speak about women's oppression in the Arab world in a general sense dividing it into discrete and relevant topics such as FGM, abortion, harassment, contradictions of the patriarchal system, etc. I had to put the book down a few times as well because some of the passages were too emotionally intense for me. It was so dense and filled to the brim with information yet still managed to be an extremely easy read. The book starts of with her account of when she was circumcised at the age of 6 and then goes on to speak about women's oppression in the Arab world in a general sense dividing it into discrete and relevant top I'm genuinely at a loss for words to describe how amazing this book was. I'm genuinely at a loss for words to describe how amazing this book was. Which, to my English brain, really made this book seem like the rantings of a madwoman, though I have read plenty that is more extreme.more
El Saadawi seems to write in circles, repeating herself constantly, bringing up points only to abandon them immediately and perhaps come back to them later. I have heard before that Arabic writing conventions are very different to English, and I definitely saw that here. Interestingly, not so much because of the content, which was mostly entirely reasonable, but because of the way it was written, and perhaps translated. Which, to m I have to say that much of this came across as absolutely crazy.
I have to say that much of this came across as absolutely crazy.
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