Book review: Nawal Saadawi’s “The Hidden Face of Eve” – Magida Salman (Mai Ghoussoub)

2021-05-31T13:47:57+03:00July 10, 1981|Categories: Articles, Khamsin 8|Tags: , |

Saadawi criticises western feminists who isolate the problems of women from the political and economic situation. But Saadawi heads for another precipice, one that would cast into the abyss the very Arab women she has taught so much. It is the precipice of a nationalist defensiveness that ultimately minimises the injustices of Arab society and denies all authentic reality to the struggle the author herself strives to serve.

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