Carolina QuotesThe 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.
Nawal El Saadawi Connected to the Carolinas
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When she says that Firdaus is a “real woman,” she means that there is something painfully real about Firdaus and her experience in jail.
- work
- Woman at Point Zero (1975)
- year
- 1975
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“The woman sitting on the ground in front of me was a real wo…” Nawal El Saadawi. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-D41B70F287. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/d41b70f287
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