This article is about the 1977 novel. For the 2022 opera of the same name, see Woman at Point Zero (opera).
Woman at Point Zero
First edition (English)
Author
Nawal El Saadawi
Original title
Emra'a enda noktat el sifr
Translator
Sherif Hetata
Country
Egypt
Language
Arabic
Genre
Creative nonfiction
Publisher
Beirut: Dar al-Adab (Arabic) London: Zed Books (English)
Publication date
1977
Published in English
1983
Media type
Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages
114
OCLC
1260661834
Woman at Point Zero (Arabic: امرأة عند نقطة الصفر, Emra'a enda noktat el sifr) is a novel by Nawal El Saadawi written in 1975 and published in Arabic in 1977. 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.
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