The Seventh International AWSA Conference: Rationale and the Way Forward

nawal el saadawi is a writer, a psychiatrist, and an author who is well known not only in Arab countries but all over the world. She has more than forty books to her credit. Her works have been translated into over thirty languages, and some of them are taught in universities and colleges worldwide. She has held numerous distinguished visiting professorships and has been awarded several national and international awards and literary prizes. On December 8, 2004, Dr. el Saadawi presented herself as a candidate for the presidential elections in Egypt.