in 1958 her first novel, "memoirs of a woman doctor", was published. her first non-fiction work was published in 1972. her best known work "woman at point zero" was published in 1975. in 1981 saadawi helped publish a feminist magazine, "confrontation". her memoir was published in 1986. el-saadawi worked as a visiting professor at duke university between 1993 and 1994.