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Among her numerous roles in public office she has served as egypts national director of public health and stood as a candidate in the 2004 egyptian presidential. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 112 pages and is available in paperback format. A selfprofessed rebel, saadawi is also an author, public health physician, psychiatrist, and womens rights activist. On her bookshelves, i note, are japanese translations of her own work, which has also been translated into english. She holds honorary doctorates from, among others, the universities of york, illinois at chicago, st andrews and tromso as. Nawal elsaadawi doctor, writer and militant advocate of arab womens rights is an internationally renowned egyptian writer and feminist. Saadawi was born in the small village of kafr tahla, the eldest of nine children.
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