A review by lavinia_reads
The Innocence of the Devil by Sherif Hetata, Nawal El Saadawi

4.0

A dreamlike narrative, a chilling and astonishing novel that portrays Egypt's patriarchal society and the underlying causes, social, economic and religious, of women oppression. Religion in particular, is treated as a tool by the oppressors in order to endorse and enforce their evil designs.

“Throughout my life devils have surrounded me. In my village when I was a child, I used to look for them. In Cairo, after I have grown up, they looked for me.”