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Saadawi is a renowned Egyptian feminist, activist, physician, and psychiatrist. She confronts the various aggressions made against women's bodies, including female circumcision (genital mutilation). Viewed as controversial and dangerous, she was jailed after publishing a feminist magazine, Confrontation. In 2004, she won the North-South prize from the Council of Europe. In 2005, she was awarded the Inana International Prize.