Carolina Quotes…This is everyone’s struggle—whether against men in the family, or against capitalism. It’s power. I don’t think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice. Even a husband in the house, no—power has to be taken with power…
Nawal El Saadawi Connected to the Carolinas
Source
On struggles against oppression in “An Interview With Nawal El Saadawi” in The Nation (2011 Mar 21)
- form
- interview
- work
- from interviews
- year
- 2011
Cite this record
“…This is everyone’s struggle—whether against men in the fami…” Nawal El Saadawi. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-D317B56D51. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/d317b56d51
More from Nawal El Saadawi
The woman sitting on the ground in front of me was a real woman, and the voice filling my ears with its sound, echoing in a cell where the window and door were tightly shut, could only be her voice, the voice of Firdaus.
There are many people today who say that the Islamic religion oppresses women. I say to them: no, it's Christianity and Judaism. Islam merely adopted this practice. (2014)
…Nobody can help anybody. Nobody can help us in Egypt—we did our revolution alone, we liberated ourselves alone. I don’t believe in charity or “helping.” I believe in the equal exchange of ideas, and networking.