Dramatic Literature of Nawal El Saadawi
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Author_Nawal El Saadawi
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censorship
cultural critique
discrimination
Egypt
Egypt politics
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feminist literature
free expression
free speech
gender equality
God
great women
heresy
Isis
Islam
Middle East
North Africa
oppression
political consequences
prophets
religious authority
religious critique
religious intolerance
religious power
resignation
Satan
social justice
societal norms
Third World
women's autonomy
women's freedom
women's liberation
women's oppression
women's rights
Product details
- ISBN 9780863566837
- Weight: 250g
- Dimensions: 135 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 10 Mar 2009
- Publisher: Saqi Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In Nawal El Saadawi's play "God Resigns", the prophets and great women gather for a meeting with God. Satan arrives to tender his resignation, but neither Jesus, Mohammad, nor Moses is willing to replace him. Finally, God himself resigns in disgust. Eygptian officials declared the work heretical because 'God cannot resign' and ordered her publisher to destroy all copies. El Saadawi was charged with insulting Islam and was threatened with arrest on return to Egypt. "Isis" is a critique of the discriminatory rules that control women - the daughters of Isis - in North Africa and the Middle East today. Both plays develop key themes of El Saadawi's work: that religions are inimical to women and the poor; that the oppression of women is reprehensible and not solely characteristic of the Middle East or the Third World; and that free speech is fundamental to any society. This work includes introduction by Adele Newson-Horst, along with introductions to both plays.
Nawal El Saadawi is Distinguished Visiting Professor at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Her novels include Memoirs of a Woman Doctor, Love in the Kingdom of Oil, Two Women in One and The Fall of the Imam (all Saqi).
