Language, Journalism, Food, Sex. All Is Politics.

What We Require Is Not A Formal Return To Tradition And Religion, But A Rereading, A Reinterpretation, Of Our History That Can Illuminate The Present And Pave The Way To A Better Future. For Example, If We Delve More Deeply Into Ancient Egyptian And African Civilisations We Will Discover The Humanistic Elements That Were Prevalent In Many Areas Of Life. Women Enjoyed A High Status And Rights, Which They Later Lost When Class Patriarchal Society Became The Prevalent Social System.

All The Men I Did Get To Know, Every Single Man Of Them, Has Filled Me With But One Desire: To Lift My Hand And Bring It Smashing Down On His Face.

Interviewer: What Would You Say To A Woman In This Country Who Assumes She Is No Longer Oppressed, Who Believes Women's Liberation Has Been Achieved? El Saadawi: Well I Would Think She Is Blind. Like Many People Who Are Blind To Gender Problems, To Class Problems, To International Problems. She's Blind To What's Happening To Her.

Plastic Surgery Is A Postmodern Veil.

You Poor, Deluded Woman...do You Believe There Is Any Such Thing As Love?...you're Living An Illusion. Do You Believe The Words Of Love They Whisper In The Ears Of Penniless Women Like Us?