Maturity is when you start feeling the motion of zaman (time) as if it is a sensuous caress. p.216
The real mistake of women was to let the memoir, the collective, the history, space of producing history - to let it in the hands of men. - Fatema Mernissi
The real mistake of women was to let the memoir, the collective, the history, space of producing history - to let it in the hands of men.
- Fatema Mernissi
Morocco is such a beautiful place. It's incredibly beautiful. And also it is captivating place because for a writer, you feel that you make impact. - Fatema Mernissi
Morocco is such a beautiful place. It's incredibly beautiful. And also it is captivating place because for a writer, you feel that you make impact.
I am intelligent enough to be critical towards the West and take what I need and reject what is bad for me. - Fatema Mernissi
I am intelligent enough to be critical towards the West and take what I need and reject what is bad for me.
One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mother… - Fatema Mernissi
One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mother…
Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful. - Fatema Mernissi
Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful.
Being frozen into the passive position of an object whose very existence depends on the eye of its beholder turn the educated modern Western women in… - Fatema Mernissi
Being frozen into the passive position of an object whose very existence depends on the eye of its beholder turn the educated modern Western women in…
I, as a Muslim woman living in 1993, I want to have two things - the mosque and the satellite, both at the same time. And no one can mutilate me by t… - Fatema Mernissi
I, as a Muslim woman living in 1993, I want to have two things - the mosque and the satellite, both at the same time. And no one can mutilate me by t…
By putting the spotlight on the female child and framing her as the ideal of beauty, he condemns the mature woman to invisibility. In fact, the moder… - Fatema Mernissi
By putting the spotlight on the female child and framing her as the ideal of beauty, he condemns the mature woman to invisibility. In fact, the moder…
Nature is woman's best friend,' she [Yasmina] often said. 'If you're having troubles, you just swim in the water, stretch out in a field, or look up … - Fatema Mernissi
Nature is woman's best friend,' she [Yasmina] often said. 'If you're having troubles, you just swim in the water, stretch out in a field, or look up …
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