“Is the freedom to write separate from other freedoms?”
This is how the fourth annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write lecture with Egyptian novelist and activist Nawal El Saadawi began on Sunday in Cooper Union’s Great Hall. “I have not seen a real freedom to write in any country,” she continued. “And here the censorship is more dangerous because it is invisible.”
Dr. Saadawi, small, her voice high and lilting, adjusted her seat and microphone for a few moments before continuing the conversation. “Can you hear me?” she asked, shielding her eyes from the stage lights and smiling. “Equality is important in dialogue.”
Before touching on some of the more controversial events surrounding Dr. Saadawi- her time in prison, the death threats...
