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Nawal El Saadawi

1931 - 2021

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Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: نوال السعداوي, ALA-LC: Nawāl as-Sa'adāwī, 22 October 1931 – 21 March 2021) was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist and physician. She wrote numerous books on the subject of women in Islam, focusing on the concerns of third-world women pertaining to sexuality, patriarchy, class, and colonialism. She was founder and president of the Arab Women's Solidarity Association and co-founder of the Arab Association for Human Rights. She was awarded honorary degrees on three continents. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nawal El Saadawi is the 2,815th most popular politician (down from 2,627th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 148th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Egyptian Politician.

Nawal El Saadawi is a feminist and human rights activist who is most famous for her novels, which deal with issues such as female genital mutilation, the oppression of women, and the struggle for social justice.

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Among politicians, Nawal El Saadawi ranks 2,815 out of 19,576. Before her are Hyeonjong of Joseon, Eisaku Satō, Tiglath-Pileser III, Shalmaneser I, Abdul Hamid, and Canute IV of Denmark. After her are Ayşe Sultan, Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, Pervez Musharraf, Attalus II Philadelphus, Jacques Pierre Brissot, and Sigismund of Burgundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Nawal El Saadawi ranks 50. Before her are Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Richard F. Heck, Guy Debord, Khieu Samphan, John Gavin, and John le Carré. After her are Kakuichi Mimura, William Shatner, Viktor Korchnoi, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Hamilton O. Smith, and Michael Lonsdale. Among people deceased in 2021, Nawal El Saadawi ranks 39. Before her are Ei-ichi Negishi, Edmond H. Fischer, Idriss Déby, Nathalie Delon, Karolos Papoulias, and DMX. After her are Colin Bell, Jorge Sampaio, Antony Hewish, Robert H. Grubbs, Hissène Habré, and Robert Mundell.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Nawal El Saadawi ranks 144 out of 642. Before her are Anatolius of Constantinople (301), Mohamed Al-Fayed (1929), Al-Suyuti (1445), Arsinoe II (-316), Claudian (370), and Tjuyu (-1401). After her are Mohamed Salah (1992), Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (1923), Nectanebo II (-400), Theon of Alexandria (335), Apries (-650), and Al-Adid (1149).

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Among POLITICIANS In Egypt

Among politicians born in Egypt, Nawal El Saadawi ranks 62. Before her are Shepseskaf (-2600), Apepi (-1600), Sekhemkhet (-2800), Isetnofret (-1250), Shoshenq II (-1000), and Al-Aziz Uthman (1171). After her are Nectanebo II (-400), Apries (-650), Al-Adid (1149), Necho I (-700), Sa'id of Egypt (1822), and Psusennes I (-1100).

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