{"product_id":"memoirs-from-the-womens-prison-9780520088887","title":"Memoirs from the Women's Prison","description":"Often likened to Rigoberta Menchu and Nadine Gordimer, Nawal El Saadawi is one of the world's leading feminist authors. Director of Health and Education in Cairo, she was summarily dismissed from her post in 1972 for her political writing and activities. In 1981 she was imprisoned by Anwar Sadat for alleged \"crimes against the State\" and was not released until after his assassination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemoirs from the Women's Prison\u003c\/i\u003e offers both firsthand witness to women's resistance to state violence and fascinating insights into the formation of women's community. Saadawi describes how political prisoners, both secular intellectuals and Islamic revivalists, forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaadawi's haunting prose makes \u003ci\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/i\u003e an important work of twentieth-century literature. Recognized as a classic of prison writing, it touches all who are concerned with political oppression, intellectual freedom, and personal dignity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNawal El Saadawi\u003c\/b\u003e is an Egyptian feminist, socialist, medical doctor, novelist, and author of a classic work on women in Islam, \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Face of Eve\u003c\/i\u003e (1982). She presently teaches at Duke University. \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Booth\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent scholar affiliated with the University of Illinois and a freelance translator. Her recent translations include \u003ci\u003eStories by Egyptian Women: My Grandmother's Cactus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911232491794,"sku":"9780520088887","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f67156d-f479-4038-81a2-90b715279970.jpg?v=1738734848","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/memoirs-from-the-womens-prison-9780520088887","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}