Nawal El Saadawi
Woman at Point Zero (, ) is a novel by Nawal El Saadawi published in Arabic in 1975. The novel is based on Saadawi's meeting with a female prisoner in Qanatir Prison and is the first-person account of Firdaus, a murderess who has agreed to tell her life story before her execution. The novel explores the themes of women and their place within a patriarchal society.