Nawal El Saadawi
1931 – 2021 · Egypt · Literature, Medicine
Physician and writer who broke silence on FGM and patriarchy in the Arab world.
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- Frantz Fanon
1925 – 1961 · Philosophy, Medicine
Colonial and patriarchal domination are analysed together in her clinical writing.
- Marie Stopes
1880 – 1958 · Medicine, Biology
Clinical advocacy for women's reproductive control is the precedent El Saadawi extends.
- Simone de Beauvoir
1908 – 1986 · Philosophy, Literature
The Second Sex's construction of woman is applied to Arab medicine and law.
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