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Fall of the Imam (Suqut al-Imam, Dar al Mustaqbal al-'Arabi, 1987.) Translated by Sherif Hetata, Methuen, 1988. This powerful and poetic novel by "Egypt's most interesting feminist" ( Booklist ) raises awareness of the predicament of women in Egypt. The book tells the story of Bint Allah, a beautiful illegitimate girl, whose father is the Imam—the religious ruler in Islamic society believed to be representative of God. Bint Allah is falsely accused by the Imam of adulterous relationships, then sentenced to death by stoning. It is through the eyes of Bint Allah that one can see the underlying hypocrisy of a male-dominated religious state.	Walking Through Fire. Walking Through Fire is the story of Nawal El Saadawi, the first Arab woman to write about sex and its relation to economics and politics. It explores her extraordinary life spent in resistance, and shows the passion for justice that has shaped her life and writings 2nd Edition
Memoirs from a Women's Prison, (Mudhakkirat fi Sijn al-Nisa, 1984) Translated by Marilyn Booth. University of California, 1994.	God Dies by the Nile. Zed Press. Nawal el Saadawi's classic tale attempts to square Islam with a society in which women are respected as equals is as relevant today as ever. 'People have become corrupt everywhere. You can search in vain for Islam, or a devout Muslim. They no longer exist.'
A daughter of Isis. Nawal El Saadawi has been pilloried, censored, imprisoned and exiled for her refusal to accept the oppressions imposed on women by gender and class. In her life and in her writings, this struggle against sexual discrimination has always been linked to a struggle against all forms of oppression	The Hidden Face of Eve. Zed Press. This powerful account of the oppression of women in the Muslim world remains as shocking today as when it was first published, more than a quarter of a century ago. Nawal El Saadawi writes out of a powerful sense of the violence and injustice which permeated her society. [source: Shelfari]
Woman at Point Zero, Zed Press, previously published as Imra'a 'ind Nuqtat al-Sifr. Beirut: Dar al-Adab, 1979. Excerpt: "All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face. But because I am a woman I have never had the courage to lift my hand. And because I am a prostitute, I hid my fear under layers of make-up."	Woman at Point Zero, Zed Press, previously published as Imra'a 'ind Nuqtat al-Sifr. Beirut: Dar al-Adab, 1979; re published 2008.
The Innocence of the Devil. Nawal El Saadawi's books are known for their powerful denunciation of patriarchy in its many forms: social, political, and religious. Set in an insane asylum, The Innocence of the Devil is a complex and chilling novel that recasts the relationships of God and Satan, of good and evil. Intertwining the lives of two young women as they discover their sexual and emotional powers, Saadawi weaves a dreamlike narrative that reveals how the patriarchal structures of Christianity and Islam are strikingly similar: physical violation of women is not simply a social or political phenomenon, it is a religious one as well. [source: Shelfari]
Memoirs of a Woman Doctor, (Mudhakkirat Tabiba, 1960, 1980) Translated by Catherine Cobham, City Lights Books, 1989.	Love in the Kingdom of Oil
The Circling Song. With a foreword by Fedwa Malti-Douglas (Zed Books, 2009)	Searching. Zed Books, April 2009 ISBN: 978-1-84813-223-8, ISBN10: 1-84813-223-9
Two Women in One (Imra'tani fi-Imra'a, 1983) Translated by Osman Nusairi and Jana Gough, Al- Saqi, 1985, Seal, 1986.	She has No Place in Paradise. (Kanat Hiya al-Ad'af, 1979) Translated by Shirley Eber, Methuen, 1989.
The Well of Life.

• Memoirs of a Woman Doctor, (Mudhakkirat Tabiba, 1960, 1980) Translated by Catherine Cobham, City Lights Books, 1989. The first chapter of this book is also published as "Growing Up Female in Egypt." Translated by Fedwa Malti-Douglas, in Women and the Family in the Middle East. Edited by Elizabeth W. Fernea. University of Texas at Austin, 1985.
• Searching (al-Gha'ib, nd. and 1968) Translated by Shirley Eber. Zed Books, 1991.
• God Dies By the Nile. (Mawt al-Rajul al-Wahid Œala al-ŒArd/
• The Death of the Only Man in the World, 1974) Translated by Sherif Hetata. Zed Books, 1985.
• The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World. (Al-Wajh al-'Ari lil-Mar'a al-'Arabiyya. 1977) Translated by Sherif Hetata. Zed Press, 1980, Beacon Press, 1982.
• The Circling Song. (1978) Translated by Marilyn Booth. Zed Books, 1989.
• Death of an Ex-Minister (Mawt Ma'ali al-Wazir Sabiqan, 1980) Translated by Shirley Eber. Methuen, 1987.
  
  
• She Has No Place in Paradise. (Kanat Hiya al-Ad'af, 1979) Translated by Shirley Eber, Methuen, 1989.
• Woman at Point Zero, Zed Press, previously published as Imra'a 'ind Nuqtat al-Sifr. Beirut: Dar al-Adab, 1979.
• Two Women in One (Imra'tani fi-Imra'a, 1983) Translated by Osman Nusairi and Jana Gough, Al- Saqi, 1985, Seal, 1986.
• The Fall of the Imam (Suqut al-Imam, Dar al-Mustaqbal al-'Arabi, 1987.) Translated by Sherif Hetata, Methuen, 1988.
• Memoirs from the Women's Prison. (Mudhakkirat fi Sijn al-Nisa, 1984) Translated by Marilyn Booth. University of California, 1994.
• North/South: The Nawal El Saadawi Reader. (A collection of essays, conference papers, article and book excerpts.) Zed Press, 1997.
• Daughter of Isis
  

  Some of Dr. Saadawi's publications could be purchased at Arab Gateway or at Arab World Books and from Dar Sina, Cairo.

   

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  Books by Dr. Hetata

  FICTION:
  

  • The Eye With An Iron Lid ( Al Ain That Al Gifn Al M'adaneya ) Dar Al Talia Publishing House ,Beirut 1972. Dar Al Thakafa Al Guedida Publishing House , Cairo Egypt. ( 1980 ) English translation published by Onyx Press. ( 1982 )

  • The Net ( Elshabaka ) Mossassat Al Dirsat Wal Nashr Publishing House ,Beirut 1982.Dar Al thakafa Al Guedida Publishing Hous ( 1991 ) English translation published by Zed Books, London ( 1983 )

  • Karima published by Dar Madbouli,Cairo 1983.

  • Al Raissa published by Dar Al Mostakbal Al Arabi 1984.

  • A Contemporary Love Story ( Kissat Houb Asria ) publihsed by Dar Al Aadab,Beirut 1985 and republished by Dar Sout Al Arab,Cairo ( 1986 )

  • The Beat Of Things Gone ( Nabd Al Ahya'a Al Da'ia ) published by Dar Al Aadab,Beirut 2001

  AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  

  Open Windows( Al Nawafith Al Maftouha ) an autobiography in three volumes .First volume published by Dar Madbouli ,Cairo 1993.Second volume published by Dar Al Thakafa Al Guedida, Cairo 1996.Third volume published by Dar Al Nahr ,Cairo 1998.

  TRAVELOGUES
  

  • A Trip To Asia ( Rihla Ila Asia ) published by Dar Al Maarif,Cairo 1973. .

  • The Way Of Salt And Love( Tarik Al Malh Wal Houb published by Dar Al Mostakbal Al Cairo 1982.

  • Spring In Algeria ( Rihlat Al Rabi'I Ilal Gaza'ir ) published by Al Dar Al Kawmeya,Cairo 1964.

  STUDIES
  

  • Health And Development (AL Siha Wal Tanmeya ) published by Dar Al Maarif1966.

  • People Moving ( Endema yataharak Al Shaab ) published by Al Dar Al Kawmeya,Cairo,1965.

  • Political Islam, Culture and Globalisation published by Dar Al Ahali,Cairo 2000.

  • Becoming Creative ( Tagroubati Fil Ibda'a ) published by Dar Al Thakafa Al Guedida,Cairo 2001.