Nawal El Saadawi was born in 1931, in a village called Kafr Tahla, which is located in Cairo, Egypt. She was born into a poor family, being the second eldest of nine other children, and as a result, while growing up, money was always scarce in her family. Her father, who was a government official, had always encouraged Nawal to study the Arabic language. He also tried to teach the young woman self-respect, and at the same time told her that it was okay to speak her mind and that she should always stand up for what she believed in. As is quite common in Egypt, at the age of six Nawal was circumcised by the family midwife. After the circumcision, she bled for several days, until finally the wound healed and the midwife was happy, but she says she always felt from then on that a part of her was missing, as if she had never been able to. able to heal his wound completely. . Her parents died when she was very young, forcing her to support a large family with little to no assistance, but despite all the difficulties she faced growing up and the walls that stood in her way due to religious oppression of women, Nawal El Saadawi attended from Cairo University, which had been very male-dominated, and graduated in psychiatry in 1955. After this great moment in her life, Nawal became director of public health in Egypt, where she later met her husband, due to the situation in office where they shared the same space. Her husband, Sheriff Hetata, shared her left-wing views on Egypt and had been imprisoned for 13 years before their meeting, due to his participation in a left-wing opposition party. During her time as public health director, she… mid-paper… created projects for women in financial difficulty in rural areas. In 1991 the Association was banned after criticizing US involvement in the Gulf War, because Nawal believed that the issue should have been resolved by the Arabs and that the US should not have intervened as they did. After Nawal's release from prison and his work involving the association, his life was in danger of assassination by Islamic fundamentalists and all those who opposed his work. As a result, she required armed guards to remain outside her home for several years, until she was eventually forced to leave the country. Even now, after all the dangers she has been subjected to, Nawal El Saadawi continues to speak out about women's issues and is working on her autobiography, in an attempt to bring women's struggle to light in a different way..