“Women in most countries have not achieved much, because they can't be liberated …” — Nawal El Saadawi

Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

In history, the millions win; that is democracy.

I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it is the opposite. Age makes me more angry.

The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.