The Dramatic Literature of Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El-Saadawi
ISBN: | 9780863568121 |
Publisher: | Saqi Books |
Published: | 27 February, 2012 |
Format: | eBook |
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The Dramatic Literature of Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El-Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawi's most recent play, God Resigns at the Summit Meeting, created an uproar in her native Egypt. On the basis of the title alone, officials declared the work heretical and charged El Saadawi with insulting the 'Almighty God', not just Islam. Her prosecutors requested that all her books be destroyed, that she be arrested on return to Egypt and her Egyptian nationality be revoked. In the play, the prophets and great women gather for a meeting with God. Satan arrives to tender his res
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