The problem of gender discrimination in Arab world comes not from the lack of education of people and their restriction. Being raised with the idea of dominant character of men, women could not even think about disobedience. They are not able to resist horrible traditions which exist as they do not have the needed moral qualities.
The tragedy of women in Arab world is that they are born “of a special sex, the female sex” (Saadawi, 2007, p.15). They take it as a usual practice not even trying to resist. The episode shows how deeply women in Egypt are affected by these prejudices. Moreover, the girls mother was present “right in the midst of these strangers, talking to them and smiling at them, as though they had not participated in slaughtering her daughter just a few moments ago” (Saadawi, 2007, p.14). Being full of shocking details, this part shows rightlessnes and helplessness of women in Egypt. It opens with the description of feelings of a young girl which was subjected to cliteroectomy. It describes sexual definition of women in Muslim countries and prejudices based on gender. The first part of the book The Mutilated Half seems to be the most striking and shocking. Her book shows great problems which exist in modern society. The author tries to show that current state of affairs exists because of the wrong interpretation of Islam. However, in the book she tries to avoid mentioning Islam as one of the main factors which influences the role and position of women in society. The author tries to present different perspectives on the question of the role of women in society. The book consists of four parts each of them is devoted to certain issue. The focus is made on Egypt women and their difficult life. The author describes horrible conditions under which women in Muslim countries live. The book The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World by Nawal El Saadavi serves as the best evidence of this statement. Unfortunately, being proclaimed the epoch of tolerance and humanism, modern age did not bring much relief to them. However, society changed and there was a hope that the state of women in society would improve. This fact was connected with the peculiarities of religion and culture. Traditionally, women had very few rights there. Things were even worse in Arab countries. Throughout all history, women were deprived of rights and they had to be in the shade of their husbands, very often not being allowed even to speak without permission. The issue of the state of women in society has always been actual.
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