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      • Firdaus is the protagonist of the story and the primary narrator, based on an actual woman Nawal El Saadawi met in Qanatir Prison. Firdaus is born in rural Egypt to a poor family in the mid-20th century. From her earliest years, she experiences sexism and abuse.
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  2. Firdaus is the protagonist of the story and the primary narrator, based on an actual woman Nawal El Saadawi met in Qanatir Prison. Firdaus is born in rural Egypt to a poor family in the mid-20th century. From her earliest years, she experiences sexism and abuse.

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  3. Firdaus is a woman struggling to live a dignified life in a society in which women have limited options. Throughout the book, Firdaus fights not just to be in control of her own destiny but also to figure out who she is.

  4. 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 ...

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  5. Firdaus is the protagonist of the story and the primary narrator, based on an actual woman Nawal El Saadawi met in Qanatir Prison. Firdaus is born in rural Egypt to a poor family in the… read analysis of Firdaus.

  6. Firdaus is the central character and protagonist of the novel "Woman at Point Zero." She is a young Egyptian woman who has experienced a challenging and oppressive life. Firdaus's role is to expose the hardships, discrimination, and sexual exploitation faced by women in a patriarchal society.

  7. Sep 5, 2023 · Firdaus is the protagonist and focal narrator of Woman at Point Zero, relaying the story of her life as a woman in Egyptian society before her imprisonment, as she sits in Qanatir...

  8. Sep 5, 2023 · Woman At Point Zero tells the real-life story of psychiatrist Nawal El Saadawis encounter with Firdaus, a woman who is on death row for murder. Saadawi is keen to speak to Firdaus but is...