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Nawal El Saadawi

Memoirs of a Woman Doctor

A young Egyptian woman clashes with her traditional family when she chooses a career in medicine. Rather than submit to an arranged marriage and motherhood, she cuts her hair short and works fiercely to realise her dreams. At medical school, she begins to understand the mysteries of the human body. After years of denying her own desires, the doctor begins a series of love affairs that allow her to explore her sexuality — on her own terms.
77 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2013
Publication year
2013
Publisher
Saqi Books
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  • Marina Zalashared an impression6 years ago
    👍Worth reading
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Quotes

  • Luis Aguilar Sandovalhas quoted2 years ago
    Everybody does wrong. Life is made up of right and wrong. We only come to know what’s right through our mistakes. It’s not weak and stupid to do wrong, but to continue doing wrong.
  • alliemarie1121has quoted5 years ago
    The woman stands before the man, deprived by the world of her freedom, her honour, her name, her self-respect, her true nature and her will. All control over her spiritual and material life has been taken from her, even her control over the little fruit which she creates inside her with her own blood and cells and the atoms of her mind and heart.
  • ClarNoExplicahas quoted6 years ago
    Everybody does wrong. Life is made up of right and wrong. We only come to know what’s right through our mistakes. It’s not weak and stupid to do wrong, but to continue doing wrong.

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