NGO Support

Paris, le 18 mai 2001,

Your Excellencies :

We, the undersigned, are writing to protest the attempt to annul the marriage of Dr Nawal el-Saadawi and Sherif Hetata on the grounds that the views expressed by Dr. Nawal el-Saadawi, 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. el-Saadawi and her husband, Sherif Hetata will be considered to be an infringement of basic 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 et que Nawal El Saadawi et son mari Shérif Hetata ne soient pas victimes de ces violations de leurs droits fondamentaux.

Docteure Michèle Dayras - (Présidente)

SOS SEXISME (France)

sexisme@club-internet.fr