A Daughter of Isis

About this book

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 that 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, as well as 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.