dr nawal el saadawi, we welcome you to hardtalk. president al—sisi was re—elected in april of this year. briefly, how much democracy is there in egypt today? well... there is not less or more than democracy in britain or in the united states. i look at the world as a whole. so, egypt is not specifically lacking in democracy. i've been travelling all over the world. i have not seen a democratic country. do you have democracy here in britain? let's stick with egypt? no, i cannot stay with egypt because i link it to the world and i need to make a comparison. all right, let's take a specific point. you were imprisoned in 1980 specific point. you were imprisoned ini980 and specific point. you were imprisoned in 1980 and president anwar sadat because of your outspoken views. you said at the time that you believe what he said, there is democracy, you have a multiparty system and you can criticise so i started to criticise his policy and landed in jail. exactly! today, do you have the freedom to say what you want in egypt? much better than