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, 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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* Nawal El Kuwaiti

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.

A 2, 000-pound bomb was dropped on his house, also killing his 4 wives ( Hiam ' Abdul Rahman Rayan, 46 ; Iman Khalil Rayan, 46 ; Nawal Isma ' il Rayan, 40 ; and Sherine Sa ' id Rayan, 25 ) and 11 of their children ( As ' ad, 2 ; Usama Ibn Zaid, 3 ; ' Aisha, 3 ; Reem, 4 ; Miriam, 5 ; Halima, 5 ; ' Abdul Rahman, 6 ; Abdul Qader, 12 ; Aaya, 12 ; Zainab, 15 ; and Ghassan, 16 ).

After only three days, the Album reached Number 1 on Virgin Megastore Charts, pushing Nawal Al Zoghbi's album, " Ma ' rafsh Leh ," from number one, down to number five.

Modern musicians include Abou Chihabi, who composed the Comorian national anthem and who is known for his reggae-tinged pan-African variet music, reggae / zouk / soukous fusionists like Maalesh and Salim Ali Amir, Nawal, Diho, singer-songwriters and instrumentalists.

Some of the best known are Taha Hussein's The Future of Culture in Egypt, which was an important work of Egyptian nationalism, and the works of Nawal el-Saadawi who campaigns for women's rights.

There has also been a number of significant female academics, such as Zaynab al-Ghazali, Nawal el-Saadawi and Fatema Mernissi who, amongst other subjects, wrote of the place of women in Muslim society.

Among the guests at the wedding party were singer Anastacia, Googoosh, Kim Kardashian, Samar Ibrahim, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Najwa Karam, Ragheb Alama, Ahlam, and Sherine.

Thakur Nawal Singh Ji Bahadur ( Shekhawat ) founded Nawalgarh in 1737 AD at the village site of Rohili, before abolition of Jagirs in Rajasthan.

* Stratmeyer, Dennis & Jean ( 1977 ) " The Jacaltec Nawal and the Soul Bearer in Concepcion Huista ", in Cognitive Studies of Southern Mesoamerica, Helen L. Neuenschander and Dean E. Arnold eds., Summer Institute of Linguistics, Museum of Anthropology Publication 3

* Stratmeyer, Dennis & Jean, 1977 ," The Jacaltec Nawal and the Soul Bearer in Concepcion Huista ", in Cognitive Studies of Southern Mesoamerica, Helen L. Neuenschander and Dean E. Arnold eds., Summer Institute of Linguistics, Museum of Anthropology Publication 3

Oudh Akhbar by Munshi Nawal Kishore was the first Urdu newspaper from Lucknow, also begun in 1858.

By 1763, Tulsipur-Dang Rajya fell and by 1775 AD, Chauhan Raja Nawal Singh of House of Tulsipur was completely defeated.

After losing his northern hill territories to King Prithvi, Chauhan Raja Nawal Singh was forced to move to his southern territories ( currently Tulsipur / Balarampur in India ) and ruled as one of the largest Taluqdar of Oudh.

Artists such as Voodoo Soul Jah, Nawal and Alerta Kamarada ( Colombian representatives in the Jamaican Reggae festival ) are currently spearheading this ever more popular genre in Colombia.

* Nawal al-Sa ‘ dawi, L ' amore ai tempi del petrolio, translated by Marika Macco, introduction by Luisa Morgantini, il Sirente, Fagnano Alto, 2009.

One of the show's highlights are the appearances of some of the Arab World's most important performers such as Najwa Karam, Diana Haddad, Haifa Wahbe, Elissa, Angham, Asalah, Ramy Ayach, Myriam Fares, Kazem Al Saher, Nawal Al-Zoghbi, Marwan Khoury, Carole Samaha, Ehab Tawfik, Wael Kfoury, Sherine, Fares Karam, Abdallah Al Rowaished and many more.

The Lives Behind the Politics of the book Two Women in One Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories A Bridge through Time A Wife for My Son Jana Gough Nawal el-Saadawi Osman Nusairi Alifa Rifaat Denys Johnson Davies Laila Said Ali Ghalem G. Kazolias.

In 2007, El Moutawakel was named the Minister of Sports in the upcoming cabinet of Morocco.

Although she had been a quite accomplished runner, the victory of El Moutawakel, who studied at Iowa State University at the time, was a surprise.

King Hassan II of Morocco telephoned El Moutawakel to give his congratulations, and he declared that all girls born the day of her victory were to be named in her honor.

In 1995, El Moutawakel became a council member of the International Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF ), and in 1998 she became a member of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ).

El Moutawakel is a member of the International Olympic Committee, and she was the president of evaluation commissions for the selection of the host city for the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

In 2006, El Moutawakel was one of the eight bearers of the Olympic flag at the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Turin, Italy.