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From her prison cell, Firdaus, sentenced to die for having killed a pimp in a Cairo street, tells of her life from village childhood to city prostitute. Society's retribution for her act of defiance - death - she welcomes as the only way she can finally be free.

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Published 01 Dec 1984
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 128
ISBN 9780862321109
Imprint Zed Books
Dimensions Not specified
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

NE

Author

Nawal El Saadawi

Nawal El Saadawi was an internationally renowned w…

MC

Foreword

Miriam Cooke

SH

Translator

Sherif Hetata

Sherif Hetata, the author, was first arrested when…

Reviews

  • A tragic insight into a woman's oppression and downfall.

    Banipal

  • El Saadawi has a flair for melodrama and mystery

    International Journal of Middle East Studies

  • A powerful indictment of the treatment of women in many parts of the Middle East

    Labour Herald

  • Woman at Point Zero should begin the long march towards a realistic and sympathetic portrayal of Arab women

    Middle East International

  • Scorching

    New Internationalist

  • Nawal el Saadawi writes with directness and passion, transforming the systematic brutalisation of peasants and of women in to powerful allegory

    New York Times Book Review

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