Nawal El Saadawi, the Egyptian feminist physician, spoke out against FGM in 1980.

In 1980 and 1982 feminist physicians Nawal El Saadawi and Asma El Dareer wrote about FGM as a dangerous practice intended to control women's sexuality.

* El Saadawi, Nawal.

Nawal El Moutawakel () ( born on April 15, 1962 in Casablanca ) is a Moroccan hurdler, who won the inaugural women's 400 m hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, thereby becoming the first female Muslim born on the continent of Africa to become an Olympic champion.

** Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan hurdler

Other prominent Egyptian writers include Nawal El Saadawi, well known for her feminist works and activism, and Alifa Rifaat who also writes about women and tradition.

After a period of analysis by the IOC, the cities were visited by the IOC Evaluation Commission, consisting of twelve members and chaired by Moroccan IOC member Nawal El Moutawakel.

Past conference speakers have included Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Nawal El Saadawi, Les Garland, John Edwards and Frances Hesselbein.

* Nawal El Saadawi – Woman at Point Zero

Nawal El Kuwaiti, Nabeel Shoail and Abdallah Al Rowaished are the most popular modern sawt performers, who include influences from techno and Europop in their music ; Kuwaiti sawt musicians are well-known across the Gulf region.

Modern pop stars include Najwa Karam, Diana Haddad, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Haifa Wehbe, Elissa, Ragheb Alama, Ayman Zbib Walid Toufic, Wael Kfoury, Fares Karam, Amal Hijazi, Nancy Ajram, Melhem Zein, Fadel Shaker, Assi El Helani.

Woman at Point Zero ( Emra ' a enda noktat el sifr ) is a novel by Nawal El Saadawi published in Arabic in 1975.

* Podcast of Nawal El Saadawi discussing Woman at Point Zero on the BBC's World Book Club

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Hanan al-Shaykh's literature follows in the footsteps of contemporary Arab women authors like Nawal El Saadawi in that it explicitly challenges the roles of women in the traditional social structures of the Arab Middle East.

* Nawal El Saadawi was arrested as part of the roundup of Sadat's opponents, and stayed in the Barrage Prison until November 25.