Nawal El Saadawi Quotes About Revolution

Quotes about: Revolution

• Women are half the society. You cannot have a revolution without women. You cannot have democracy without women. You cannot have equality without women. You can't have anything without women.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Democracy, Half, Revolution

  Interview with Joseph Mayton, progressive.org. December 12, 2011.

• Women were everywhere in the revolution. Women participated in it, and many women were killed. Then we had the right to speak up and gain some more rights, but what happened was there was a backlash. Why? Because we have the Salafists, Muslim Brothers, religious groups.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Religious, Brother, Rights

  Interview with Joseph Mayton, progressive.org. December 12, 2011.

• I've lived here [in Egypt] among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians and Muslims and Baha'is and Sunni and Shia. The Salafists are trying to abort the revolution and make it religious, though the revolution started secular.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Christian, Religious, Egypt

  Source: progressive.org

• The Salafists are trying to abort the revolution and make it religious, though the revolution started secular. There was not a single Islamic slogan. It was secular men and women, and in fact, they were unified. Now they want to divide the revolution, and religion is a very strong weapon.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Religious, Strong, Islamic

  Interview with Joseph Mayton, progressive.org. December 12, 2011.

• There was not a single Islamic slogan [in Egypt]. It was secular men and women, and in fact, they were unified. Now they want to divide the revolution, and religion is a very strong weapon.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Strong, Islamic, Men

  Source: progressive.org

• There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee to change the constitution.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Military, Suffering, Revolution

  Source: progressive.org

• The slogan of the revolution was dignity, social justice, and freedom. You cannot have dignity or social justice or freedom without women.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Justice, Revolution, Dignity

  Interview with Joseph Mayton, progressive.org. December 12, 2011.

• There is not a revolution that succeeded in a few months. It takes years, even decades, to fulfill its goals. I am very hopeful because I trust the revolution and feel nobody can really conquer a nation that has decided to be united and to fight, and we decided to fight. The revolution is there, inside the Egyptians by the millions.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Fighting, Years, Goal

  Interview with Joseph Mayton, progressive.org. December 12, 2011.

• All revolutions in history have obstacles.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Revolution, Obstacles

  Source: progressive.org

• There is not a revolution that succe Women were everywhere in the revolution. Women participated in it, and many women were killed.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Revolution, Succes

  Source: progressive.org

• All revolutions in history have obstacles. There is not a revolution that succes.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Revolution, Obstacles, Succes

  Source: www.progressive.org

• There is not a revolution that succe Saudi Arabia paid $7 billion for the Salafists to come, and the United States and Israel are pouring a lot of money into Egypt. Why? To divide the country by religion.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Country, Israel, Egypt

  Source: progressive.org

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