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What makes revolutionary thought unique is its clarity and dignity, and its clear grasp of freedom and justice: simple, clear words that are understood without the need for any help from elite writers or thinkers.

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A lot of women are afraid of loneliness, so when they see a woman who can live alone, then they think, 'Hmm, I can do that.' But you need an example, and that is why I am proud to say I have divorced three husbands.

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The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.

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When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions.

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Women in most countries have not achieved much, because they can't be liberated under the patriarchal, capitalist, imperialist and military system that determines the way we live now, and which is governed by power, not justice, by false democracy, not real freedom.

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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

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I've participated in many demonstrations since I was a child. When I was at medical college, I was fighting King Farouk, then British colonization, against Nasser, against Sadat who pushed me into prison, Mubarak who pushed me into exile. I never stopped.

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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.

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When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.

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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.

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Biography

Nationality: Egyptian

Type: Writer

Born: October 27th, 1931

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