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Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawi · Gigi Ibrahim, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Nawal El Saadawi

1931 – 2021 · aged 90

Egyptian feminist writer (1931–2021)

Born
27 Oct 1931 · Kafr Tahla
Died
21 Mar 2021 · Southern Giza
Part ofEgypt2,800 BCE – todayUnited Arab Republic1889 – 1971Republic of Egypt1889 – 1958Atheism460 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 103 years
  1. 27 Oct 1931BornBorn in Kafr Tahla
  2. 1982AwardFranco-Arabic Friendship Award
  3. 1997AwardHonorary doctor of the University of St Andrews
  4. 2003AwardCatalonia International Prize
  5. 2004AwardNorth–South Prize
  6. 2007AwardHonorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles
  7. 2011AwardStig Dagerman Prize
  8. 2012AwardSeán MacBride Peace Prize
  9. 2015AwardBBC 100 Women
  10. 21 Mar 2021DiedDied in Southern Giza

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1931 – 2021).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: نوال السعداوي, ALA-LC: Nawāl as-Saʿdāwī; 27 October 1931 – 21 March 2021) was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatrist. She wrote numerous books on women in Islam, focusing on issues affecting women in the Global South, including sexuality, patriarchy, social class, and colonialism.

She was the founder and president of the Arab Women's Solidarity Association. She was also a co-founder of the Arab Association for Human Rights.

She received honorary degrees from universities on three continents. In 2004, she was awarded the North–South Prize by the Council of Europe. In 2005, she received the Inana International Prize in Belgium. In 2012, the International Peace Bureau awarded her the Seán MacBride Peace Prize.

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