One author from this country described the genital mutilation she experienced at age six in The Hidden Face of Eve.
One author from this country described the genital mutilation she experienced at age six in The Hidden Face of Eve. That same author from this country used her interviews with a prostitute sentenced to death for murdering a pimp as a basis for her feminist novel Woman at Point Zero. Another writer advocated secularism in the text "The Future of Education in" this country, and described his blindness and education in France in a 3-part autobiography whose French translation had an introduction by Andre Gide. It was home to the author of the absurdist play The Tree Climber, who wrote a play in which three men awake after 300 years of sleep, only to find they dislike the new world and return to sleep. In addition to the authors of The Days and The People of the Cave, this country was home to a writer who excited controversy with a novel featuring the scientist Arafa and other characters representing Jesus, Moses, and Mohammad.  FTP, name this country home to Nawal al-Sa'dawi, Taha Hussein, Tawfiq al-Hakim, and the author of The Children of Gebelawi, Naguib Mahfouz.
One author from this country described the genital mutilation she experienced at age six in The Hidden Face of Eve.
Egypt