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.