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Woman at Point Zero

by Nawal El Saadawi

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Freedom under constraint

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Freedom under constraint

Set against rural Egyptian poverty and the social pressures shaping Firdaus’s life, the novel frames her account from death row after she has been convicted of murdering a man. Her movement from childhood neglect and abuse to sex work connects personal survival with the limits society places on women. The description presents freedom as a stark question in Firdaus’s story, shaped by her encounters with men and by society’s moral judgment. This edition includes a new foreword.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Egyptian fiction and women’s lives shaped by poverty and social constraint.
  • Those seeking a novel that engages with gender, survival, and freedom through a first-person account.

Themes

Gender and powerPoverty and survivalSocial judgmentFreedom

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Book overview

Internationally acclaimed Egyptian feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi's landmark novel Woman at Point Zero, published here with a new foreword.

Firdaus is on death row. Her crime, the murder of a man. Born into poverty in a rural Egyptian village, her childhood dreams and ambitions had been met with neglect and abuse by the world and the men who rule it. Driven to sex work to support herself, she is faced with the moral outrage of society and the bitter knowledge that for a woman, true freedom comes only when all hope is abandoned. In Woman at Point Zero, Firdaus tells her unforgettable story.

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