Book Club: "Woman At Point Zero" by Nawal El Saadawi

This book club will be hosted at Teaism (Penn quarter location; 400 8th St NW). However if 4 or fewer people RSVP it will be moved to virtual ([https://meet.google.com/bux-wtkw-qdp?hs=224](https://meet.google.com/bux-wtkw-qdp?hs=224)). Please check up on Meetup for updates before coming. **Summary** Internationally acclaimed Egyptian feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi's landmark novel, published in 1977. *Firdaus is on death row. Her crime, the murder of a man. Born into poverty in a rural Egyptian village, her childhood dreams and ambitions had been met with neglect and abuse by the world and the men who rule it. Driven to prostitution to support herself, she is faced with the moral outrage of society and the bitter knowledge that for a woman, true freedom comes only when all hope is abandoned. In Woman at Point Zero, Firdaus tells her unforgettable story.* \-\-\-\- DCNOW is the[ DC chapter](http://www.dc-now.org/) of the[ national organization for wome](http://www.now.org/)n