Not her grandfather's name

*

She was from the start

exceptional

refusing her grandfather's

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As second of nine

she chose her mother's

adopted Zaynab  

*

Nawal Zaynab

is the name that God

will speak when calling her

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She was exceptional 

when imprisoned 

loved the one

most that

killed

to protect

her daughter

from her husband

one more exceptional

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Never silenced

even behind bars

ever free and fierce

*

She would've created men

without eyes

not forcing women to veil

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A physician, a psychiatrist

a writer, a feminist, an activist

that saw the hidden face of Eve

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© 2021-04-19

Note.

In memoriam Nawal Zaynab was in this world known as Nawal El Saadawi.