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Nawal El-Saadawi

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The Resume

    (October 27, 1931-March 21, 2021)
    Born in Kafr Tahla, Egypt
    Author of 'I Learned Love (1957)' and 'Memoirs of a Woman Doctor (1958)'

Why she might be annoying:

    She's one of nine children.
    She's a feminist.
    She married three times.
    Her controversial views on the women's role in Islamic society caused her to be imprisoned by Anwar Sadat.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She lost both parents while in her 20s.
    As a child, she underwent female genital cutting (FGC), causing her to become an activist against the practice.
    She was dismissed from one job after protecting a patient from domestic abuse.

Credit: Black Chic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 24 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 16 Votes: 81.25% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 39 Votes: 41.03% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 78 Votes: 60.26% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 1067 Votes: 78.07% Annoying