Womanat 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 story before her execution.
It looked to me as though this woman who had killed a human being, and was shortly to be killed herself, was a much better person than I. Compared to her, I was nothing but a small insect crawling upon the land amidst millions of other insects. Page Number and Citation 6 Explanation and Analysis That love of the ruler and love of Allah were and one indivisible. Allah protect our ruler for many long years and may he remain a source of inspiration and strength to our country, the Arab Nation and all Mankind. Page Number and Citation 15 Explanation and Analysis All I can remember are two rings of intense white surrounded by two circles of intense black. I only had to look into them for the white to become whiter and the black even blacker, as though sunlight was pouring into them from some magical source neither on earth, nor in the sky. Related Symbols Eyes Page Number and Citation 21-22 Explanation and Analysis I knew that women did not become heads of state, but I felt that I was not like other women, nor like the girls around me who kept talking about love, or about men. For these were subjects I never mentioned. Somehow I was not interested in the things that occupied their minds, and what seemed of importance to them struck me as being trivial. Related Characters Firdaus speaker Page Number and Citation 32 Explanation and Analysis “Firdaus has grown, your holiness, and must be married. It is risky for her to continue without a husband. She is a good girl, but the world is full of bastards.” Page Number and Citation 48 Explanation and Analysis All I know is that anything I would have to face in the world had become less frightening than the vision of those two eyes, which sent a cold shiver running through my spine whenever I remembered them. Related Symbols Eyes Page Number and Citation 56 Explanation and Analysis At night [Sheikh Mahmoud] would wind his legs and arms around me and let his old, gnarled hands travel all over my body, like the claws of a starving man who has been deprived of real food for many years wipe the bowl of food clean, and leave not a single crumb behind. Page Number and Citation 57 Explanation and Analysis She replied that it was precisely men well versed in their religion who beat their wives. The precepts of religion permitted such punishment. A virtuous woman was not supposed to complain about her husband. Her duty was perfect obedience. Page Number and Citation 59 Explanation and Analysis It was though I was seeing the eyes that now confronted me for the first time. Two jet black surfaces that stared into my eyes, travelled with an infinitely slow movement over my face, and my neck, and then dropped downwards gradually over my breast, and my belly, to settle somewhere just below it, between my thighs. Related Symbols Eyes Page Number and Citation 66 Explanation and Analysis I never used to leave the house. In fact, I never even left the bedroom. Day and night I lay on the bed, crucified, and every hour a man would come in. Page Number and Citation 76 Explanation and Analysis I realized this was the first time in my life I was eating without being watched by two eyes gazing into my plate to see how much food I took. Ever since I was born those two eyes had always been there, wide open, staring, unflinching, following every morsel of food on my plate. Page Number and Citation 89 Explanation and Analysis How many were the years of my life that went by before my body, and my self really became mine, to do with them as I wished? How many were the years I lost before I tore my body and my self away from the people who held me in their grasp from the very first day? Related Characters Firdaus speaker Related Symbols Money Page Number and Citation 93 Explanation and Analysis I was prepared to do anything to put a stop to the insults that my ears had grown used to hearing, to keep the brazen eyes from running all over my body. Page Number and Citation 99 Explanation and Analysis After I had spent three years in the company, I realized that as a prostitute I had been looked upon with more respect, and been valued more highly than all the female employees, myself included. Related Characters Firdaus speaker Page Number and Citation 102 Explanation and Analysis As a prostitute I was not myself, my feelings did not arise from within me. Nothing could really hurt me and make me suffer then the way I was suffering now. Never had I felt so humiliated as I felt this time. Perhaps as a prostitute I had known so deep a humiliation that nothing really counted. Page Number and Citation 116 Explanation and Analysis A successful prostitute is better than a misled saint. All women are victims of deception. Men impose deception on women and punish them for being deceived, force them down to the lowest level and punish them for falling so low, bind them in marriage and then chastise them with menial service for life, or insults, or blows. Page Number and Citation 117 Explanation and Analysis I knew that my profession had been invented by men, and that men were in control of both our worlds, the one on earth, and the one in heaven. That men force women to sell their bodies at a price, and that the lowest paid body is that of a wife. All women are prostitutes of one kind or another. Because I was intelligent, I preferred to be a free prostitute, rather than an enslaved wife. Related Characters Firdaus speaker Page Number and Citation 124 Explanation and Analysis One day, when I donated some money to a charitable association, the newspapers published pictures of me and sang my praises as the model of a citizen with a sense of civic responsibility. And from then on, whenever I needed a dose of honor and fame, I had only to draw some money from the bank. Related Characters Firdaus speaker Related Symbols Money Page Number and Citation 124 Explanation and Analysis Why was it that I had never stabbed a man before? I realized that I had been afraid, and that the fear had been with me all the time, until the fleeting moment when I read fear in [Marzouk’s] eyes. Related Symbols Eyes Page Number and Citation 134 Explanation and Analysis “I am not a prostitute. But right from my early days my father, my uncle, my husband, all of them, taught me to grow up as a prostitute.” Related Symbols Money Page Number and Citation 135 Explanation and Analysis In prison, they kept me in a room where the windows and doors were always shut. I knew why they were so afraid of me. I was the only woman who had torn the mask away, and exposed the face of their ugly reality. Related Characters Firdaus speaker Page Number and Citation 137 Explanation and Analysis No matches. PerempuanDi Titik Nol. Penulis: Nawal El - Saadawi ; Ketersediaan: Tersedia; Rp.55.000 Diskusi Dialog Nona BEM FH UB Foto P3 BEM FH UB Malang, FH UB – On Friday, May 26, 2023, the Ministry of Women’s Protection and Empowerment at the Student Executive Board of the Faculty of Law, Universitas Brawijaya P3 BEM FH UB held a discussion titled “Dialogue of Nona.” The discussion was held in one of the Malang Creative Center’s MCC discussion rooms. The dialogue of Nona discussed patriarchy and social inclusion through a book review entitled “Perempuan di Titik Nol” in English, “Woman at Point Zero” by Nawal El Saadawi. The discussion participants and the resource person discussed patriarchal practices toward women through this book. Social inclusion is a term that describes the efforts of an institution to elevate the dignity of society and individual independence as the main capital to achieve a better quality of life. Social inclusion can also be said to be an approach used to protect rights and enhance roles, status, and conditions, as well as the abilities and dignity of individuals and groups of women and men. Gender-based disparities and inequalities can hinder some people, such as women, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups, from gaining access, participating, controlling, and experiencing the benefits of development. The material for this discussion was delivered by Miri Pariyas Tutik Fitriya from Malang Corruption Watch MCW and guided by moderator Nadira Salsabila, a functionary of the Ministry of P3 BEM FH UB. The presentation of the material accompanied by dialectics makes it easier for participants to learn from the opinions of those around them. Miri Pariyas Tutik Fitriya from Malang Corruption Watch MCW when presenting material Photo P3 BEM FH UB Participants in the Dialogue of Nona were not only women but also men. The elimination of the patriarchal system in society requires public awareness, not only among women but also among men, who also need to be aware of the patriarchal system, which is detrimental to women. “By dissecting this book, we can learn about the more concrete nature of patriarchy and social inclusion and learn from real stories that are happening around us,” said Febi Ola Purba, Chief Executive of the Dialogue of Nona. Febi hopes that “This Dialogue of Nona can be a form of struggle for feminism, which starts from a small scope, namely ourselves. Hopefully, this activity will have an impact on all those present at this discussion.” Author Student Affairs at FH UB Editor Endrianto Bayu Setiawan Translator Maheswari Trinanda Putri Read more articles Hasilpenelitian ini mendeskripsikan bentuk ketidakadilan gender dan bnetuk eksistensi perempuan dalam novel Novel Perempuan di Titik Nol karya Nawal El-Saadawi. View full-text Last Updated: 05Home › Quotes Perempuan Di Titik Nol Quotes Happy to read and share the best inspirational Quotes Perempuan Di Titik Nol quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes. 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