At age 10, she sabotaged her arranged marriage by chewing raw aubergine until her teeth turned jet black.
At age 6, her family held her down for female genital mutilation.
At age 50, Egypt’s government threw her in prison.
From her cell—using a smuggled eyebrow pencil on toilet paper—she founded the Arab Women’s Solidarity Association and ignited a feminist movement across the Arab world.
This is Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021), the godmother of Arab feminism.
Born in a small Egyptian village, she refused to accept a culture that valued boys far above girls. She became a doctor, exposed the horrors of patriarchy in her groundbreaking book Women and Sex, and wrote landmark works like Woman at Point Zero.
Imprisoned under Sadat, censored, threatened with death, and forced into exile, she never stopped fighting—for girls facing FGM and child marriage, for women’s bodies and voices.
She ran for president at 74, wrote over 50 books, and outlived her oppressors.
Her rebellion started with blackened teeth and a defiant smile:
“No. I will choose my own life.”
And she did.
This is the battle we fight with Islamic extremism.
She was buried in the ground while her entire village threw stones at her, killing her for a crime she never committed.
Soraya was a mother of four... living in a small Iranian village. But her husband wanted to marry a 14-year-old girl. but Soraya was still his wife.
Instead of divorcing her... her husband came up with a cruel plan. He spread a rumor that Soraya was having an affair. There was no proof... but in that village, rumors were enough.
The village leaders quickly held a trial. No real investigation. No real defense. And in just a short time... they declared Soraya guilty of adultery.
Then came the punishment.
Soraya was buried in the ground up to her waist... and the villagers were told to throw stones. her husband and father were participate.
But one person refused to stay silent. Soraya's aunt Zahra told the story to a journalist. The world finally heard what happened in that village. And Soraya's story became known as "The Stoning of Soraya M."
I might be the only one who doesn’t see anything worth celebrating about the birth and death of Jesus Christ. As someone who values logic and rational thinking, it’s a concept that has never fully made sense to me.
I often find myself asking a question many people seem to avoid because it makes them uncomfortable: what exactly did the coming, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ truly achieve in practical terms?
If the central claim is that his death changed the world, then where is that change? “It is finished,” we’re told. But what exactly was finished? We still live in a world filled with sickness, death, war, and suffering. In fact, one could argue that things have only become more complex, more chaotic, and, in many ways, worse. So what exactly did his death change?
We are told it brought “salvation.” But salvation from what, exactly, and into what certainty? Even with this supposed gift, nothing appears guaranteed. You still have to struggle, obey, endure, and hope you have done enough to qualify. So is it truly a gift, or just another system of conditions wrapped in spiritual language? We are told he died for our sins, yet sin did not disappear. If anything, it feels more normalized than ever. So was the problem truly solved, or merely redefined?
And here is the part that puzzles me the most: if Jesus came to give humanity power over death, where is that power? We are told he conquered death, yet death remains undefeated in every physical sense we can observe. Everyone still dies. Everyone still fears it. So what does “victory over death” actually mean beyond a comforting phrase? What changed in any tangible sense?
If Jesus had never been born and never died, what is the absolute worst outcome we would be facing today that we are not already experiencing? Would the world be drastically different, or are we simply holding on to a belief because we were taught to, rather than because we can clearly see its results?
And if the entire promise rests on eternal life, something no one has returned to confirm and no one can conclusively prove, something that is not even guaranteed, then aren’t we basing everything on a hope that demands belief without evidence?
I am not asking these questions out of disrespect, but out of genuine curiosity. If something is claimed to be the greatest turning point in human history, then its impact should be undeniable, not something that constantly requires explanation and faith to sustain it.
Prime, Netflix left Nigeria.
TikTok, Instagram doesn’t pay Nigerian creators because low priority, guess why?
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube pay way less per Nigerian viewer.
Roll outs, perks, only get to us after years of creators in other climes enjoying them.
There’s no light.
There’s no regulation of rent.
Data tariff increases depending on the network provider’s mood.
Fuel is 1300 per liter.
Fuel has become lighter, evaporates quicker.
5 liters of 2022 is not same as now.
But yeah!!! Bring your tax.
File your tax!
I won’t give you job but if you create one for yourself, I still won’t make it easy for you because I’ll make sure bulk of your money goes to rent payment and electricity. And things will also get ridiculously expensive because $1 is 1450 naira.
But yeah, FILE YOUR FUCKING TAX!!!
We pay VAT per online transaction.
We pay VAT per light purchase.
We pay VAT per every purchase or transaction.
But hold on… FILE YOUR TAX!!!!
And no matter what ridiculousness that happens, we swear that the “next one” that will “definitely” be our tipping point.
Bloody hell!
Gunmen abducted six health workers at a PHC in Akure, Ondo state.
This is getting out of hand! They were there to serve the people.
They were there to save lives but they were taken in the process.
Funny how I did clinicals at that particular health center 2 months ago.
Let me help you understand what you typed in layman’s terms:
So, if your father raped an 8 year old girl for five years in a row, through the anus and vagina…. and she eventually died due to diseases contracted from your father, and even developed VVF, and you are fully aware of it… you will still stand by your father because he paid your school fees, put a roof over your head, fed you, and did all the good things for you?
Even though he raped a minor until she died?
YOU WILL STAND WITH YOUR FATHER?
@zyainy Your ass must be so jealous of the shit that comes out of your mouth. Are you even listening to yourself? Alhaja Abori ma bowa.
"Immoral dressing" but it's a woman being confident in her skin. Wear your hijab in peace and mind your business. Insecure alhaja.
The first thing that stands out in your statement is the language you chose. You referred to the brutal rape and death of your own cousin as “the Ochanya matter.” Let’s be very clear: this was not a “matter.” It was the rape, torture, and death of a child.
Reducing something that horrific to administrative language like it’s a dispute file or a political issue is deeply disturbing. Ochanya was a human being, a child whose life was destroyed in the most unimaginable way. The least she deserves is for her story to be spoken about with the gravity and humanity it demands.
Your entire statement reads less like a search for truth and more like a carefully crafted attempt to protect your image. Much of it centers on how the conversations have affected you, your name, your reputation, your mental health, while the actual victim is mentioned only in passing.
People are not asking questions because they enjoy dragging anyone online. They are asking questions because a child was abused repeatedly and died, and the circumstances surrounding it shocked the entire country. When something that horrific happens, people expect transparency, empathy, and moral clarity, not carefully worded distancing language.
No one is above scrutiny when a crime of this magnitude happens within their immediate environment. That is not cruelty. That is society demanding accountability for a child who no longer has a voice.
If you truly stand for truth and justice, then the conversation should not be about how unfair it is that your name is being mentioned. It should be about Ochanya, her suffering, the system that failed her, and the full truth about what happened.
Because the real tragedy here is not the discomfort of public questioning.
The real tragedy is that a child was raped, brutalized, and died, and even now, some people seem more concerned about reputations than about the life that was lost.
@lorddrey That’s not loyalty, it’s enabling abuse.
No “personal bond” excuses staying silent while innocent people suffer. She should be held accountable, full stop.