Shaun Randol's blog
| Monday, May 4, 2009 10:38AM | | | | Posted By: Shaun Randol
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| Tags: Nawal El Saadawi, freedom of expression, revolution | | | | According the arguments put forth by Nawal El Saadawi at the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, nobody in the world is truly free. “We are all prisoners of the system, but we are not aware of it,” she boldly claims. Social revolutions are needed, and they must grow from criticisms of authority coupled with the creativity of the artistic class.
Saadawi let her witty and sometimes provocative barbs fly, much to the delight of the audience who responded with sporadic bursts of laughter and applause. How refreshing it is to hear someone speak so openly about the need for radical action, not just to overturn dictatorships but to speak truth to power in places with greater democratic freedom—namely the United States.
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