Three classic novels by renowned feminist writer and activist Nawal El Saadawi.
A peasant family is torn apart by a village mayor and his lackeys in
God Dies by the Nile
, Saadawi's dark parable of poverty, female exploitation, injustice and religious hypocrisy in rural Egypt.
In
Searching
the disappearance of her lover causes Fouda to question everything.
Circling Song
is a hypnotic meditation on gender, class and state violence told through the story of two mysterious twins.