At 6 years of age, Nawal el Sa'adawi was already cut out to be a feminist. Screaming and struggling with all her might, she was thrown onto a cold floor and forcibly circumcised. The child immediately understood that the treatment she received was different to that of her brothers.

After becoming a doctor, she soon found data and experienced first-hand the torture of women in her country (and also in bordering nations). It is not surprising that