Nawal el Saadawi

Genital mutilation

Egyptian physician who combats female genital mutilation

Amy French

Image: Mansour Nasiri

1931

Kafr Tahla, Egypt

Physician, author

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.

For a list of her writings, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawal_El_Saadawi