Background
Elsaadawi, Nawal Elsayed was born on December 22, 1930 in Kafr Tahla Village, Egypt. Daughter of Elsayed and Zenab (Shoukri) Elsaadawi.
Elsaadawi, Nawal Elsayed was born on December 22, 1930 in Kafr Tahla Village, Egypt. Daughter of Elsayed and Zenab (Shoukri) Elsaadawi.
Doctor of Medicine, Cairo University, 1954. Master in Public Health, Columbia University, 1966. Postgraduate, Ain Shams University, 1975.
Doctor, York University, 1994.
Physician University Cairo, 1955-1956, Rural Health Center, Tahla, 1956-1958. Director health education Ministry of Health, Cairo, 1958-1972. Writer High Institute Literature and Science, 1973-1978.
Director African Training and Research Center for Women United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1978-1980. Advisor women's programs United Nations Economic Commission for West Asia, Beirut, 1978-1980. Private practice psychiatry Cairo, since 1980.
Visiting professor Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1993, 95—, University Washington, Seattle, 1994. Co-founder African Women's Association Research and Development, 1977.
Imprisoned under Eygptian Law for the Protection of Values From Shame, 1981. Member Arab Women Solidarity Association (founder 1982), Egyptian Women Writer's Association (founder 1971).
Married Ahmed Helmy, 1955 (divorced 1956). 1 child, Mona; married Sherif Youssef Hetata, August 10, 1964. 1 child, Atefhetata.