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Letter of Petition
Association
for Middle East Women's Studies (To sign this letter just email szuhur@earthlink.net until May 25 with your name and location. This copy has been sent to the authorities. 245 additional individuals are signing onto the next copy to be sent) May 11, 2001 General Prosecutor Minister of Justice,
We, the undersigned (506 individuals and organizations) are writing to protest the attempt to annul the marriage of Nawal Elsaadawi and Sherif Hetata on the grounds that the views expressed by Dr. Nawal Elsaadawi, medical doctor, writer and active defender of the rights of women place her outside the boundaries of Islam. We are deeply concerned that such a measure can only produce an extremely negative image of Egypt and the Arab and Islamic world. This intended legal action against Dr. Elsaadawi and her husband, Sherif Hetata will be considered to be a basic infringement of human rights, and political and religious freedoms. We ask you to do all that is within your power to be certain that justice and intellectual freedom prevail in Egypt.
Sincerely, Dr. Sherifa Zuhur Professor Sondra Hale Arab Women's Court to Resist The Lebanese Council to Resist Randa Kayyali
Miriam Cooke Valentine Moghadam Nancy Gallagher Elahe Amani, Chair Terre des Femmes Coordinating Council for Women in History
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