Diary of a Child Called Souad Author:Nawal El Saadawi In Diary of a Child Called Souad, El Saadwi gives us a young female protagonist whose spirit longs for freedom from the restraints in her world that she does not understand. Through Souad?s eyes, we see the oppression of women within a household, as we witness her grandfather?s fierce dominance over her family and her grandmother?s and aunt?s un... more »bearable silence. With Souad?s story, El Saadwi paints a precise, tragic portrait of the personal?yet universal?tragedy experienced by an entire society of Egyptian girls.« less