Saadeh did not conform to the traditional gender roles prevalent in his country. He had no hesitation about staying at home while his wife worked, and he gladly took care of his newborn daughter Safia, because he loved children. He gave her a priceless gift: a modern upbringing that surpassed the norms of the time in its openness. She was no different from a boy, and the only limits to her dreams were those she would set for herself. He imposed nothing on her as a “dogma,” and instead, preserved her childhood, protected her innocence and privacy, and left her free to choose her own path when she grew up.

He also played a crucial role in the Levant regarding women’s education and participation in society. He encouraged women to engage in public life, and many joined the Party. However, most of them left after Saadeh’s martyrdom due to the traditional patriarchal practices of the Arab East, which refused to allow educated and capable women to assume senior positions. Often, they would select only a single woman to “decorate” these public positions, exactly as the white man in the United States does when appointing a Black man. It suffices to compare photographs showing how Saadeh was surrounded by women and how actively they participated in the Party’s branches, with later photographs of nationalists’ meetings, where female faces are scarcely visible.

Saadeh fought for women’s rights on all levels. His struggle with society was fierce, especially when the inheritance of the renowned writer and intellectual May Ziadeh was seized by her uncle after her father’s death, claiming she was mentally unfit. She was forced into a psychiatric institution, which Lebanese society then called a “lunatic asylum.” Saadeh intervened, threatened to use force, and succeeded in getting her release from the institution (Collected Works, vol. 4: 320–332).

Saadeh became a role model for many Party members, especially those from conservative environments that traditionally prevented women from obtaining an education. Many of them were among the first to send their daughters to school.

 Saadeh's goal was to initiate a renaissance capable of defending the homeland and confronting the colonizer, but he found himself fighting alone, as all the forces colluding with the West - all those who saw themselves as losers should his project succeed—joined against him. They succeeded in eliminating him physically two years after his return from exile, but they could not extinguish his unwavering faith in his people, nor could they eliminate his thought or the correctness of his project—one that people inhabiting Suraqia" have begun to realize, whether they have read Saadeh or not. He foresaw the path long before the resisters later carved it with their footsteps, for he affirmed that he was labouring “for generations yet unborn.” And so fate played its dual role: the decree of his martyrdom, and the destiny of his nation’s coming victory.