'Haunting and often mesmerising ... a powerful and moving exposé of the horrors that women and children can be exposed to by the tenets of faith.' New Humanist, UK
'At a time when nobody else was talking, [El Saadawi] spoke the unspeakable.' Margaret Atwood, BBC Imagine
'The leading spokeswoman on the status of women in the Arab world' The Guardian
'El Saadawi writes with directness and passion' New York Times
'A poignant and brave writer' Marie Claire
'El Saadawi has come to embody the trials of Arab feminism' San Francisco Chronicle