![]() ![]() One day her persistence pays off and Firdaus agrees to see her. ![]() ![]() The narrator is disappointed, but keeps trying. The narrator wants to meet Firdaus, but Firdaus doesn’t talk to anyone and refuses to see her. Firdaus has been convicted of murder and is going to be executed soon. There is one prisoner called Firdaus, who she is fascinated with. The narrator is a psychiatrist who visits a prison to talk to some of the women prisoners and try to understand them and study their personalities. ![]() The story told in the book goes like this. Nawal El Saadawi says in her introduction to the book that ‘ Woman at Point Zero’ is based on a real story. I finally got around to reading this today. I made a mental note to read one of her books. Nawal El Saadawi was the only author featured in the list, who was new to me. I discovered Nawal El Saadawi’s ‘ Woman at Point Zero‘ when some of my feminist friends organized a feminist literature reading festival a few years back. ![]()
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