1. Imprisonment at Qanatir Women's Prison

    · Qanatir Women's Prison, Qanater El Khayreya, Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt

    Egyptian authorities arrested El Saadawi in the September 1981 crackdown and took her to the women's prison at Qanatir, where her incarceration later informed her prison memoir. Coordinates are a representative point for Qanater El Khayreya; the source spells the place Kanater.

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