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Fatema Mernissi
Moroccan Activist
Born: Sep 27, 1940
Died: Nov 30, 2015
Islam Me Men Woman Women You
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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 mean, when I write something in the press, the day after in the fish market, people will be discussing it. Fatema Mernissi
Beautiful Day You People Will Incredibly Market Press Impact Something Write Writer Morocco Feel Beautiful Place Also Make Because Fish Discussing After Place Mean Captivating
Women are builders of civil society. We are the ones who are going to build it. You know why? We have no choice. Either you shut up, and you are humiliated, or you do what I'm doing. You scream. Fatema Mernissi
You Women Build Society Humiliated No Choice Civil Civil Society Know Builders Doing Women Are Up Going Scream Either Choice Who Why Shut Shut Up
In Islamic societies, politicians can manipulate almost everything. But thus far, no fundamentalist leader has been able to convince his supporters to renounce Islam's central virtue - the principle of strict equality between human beings, regardless of sex, race, or creed. Fatema Mernissi
Equality Strict Sex Leader Islam Politicians Virtue Everything Has-Been Able Almost Thus Supporters Between Almost Everything Principle Islamic Renounce Been His Human Human Beings Regardless Central Manipulate Race Far Convince Beings Fundamentalist Societies Creed
Consumerist ads brainwash us into individualist and egotistic self-love. Fatema Mernissi
Ads Individualist Self-Love Us
A woman can walk miles without making one single step forward. As a child born in a harem, I instinctively knew that to live is to open closed doors. To live is to look outside. To live is to step out. Life is trespassing. Fatema Mernissi
Life Woman Walk Single Closed Doors Live Out Born Outside Open Step Step Forward Knew Instinctively Look Without Making Child Closed Doors Miles Forward Harem
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 mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of. Fatema Mernissi
Education Women Strong Achieve Progressive East Out Dream Daughters Could Push Force Understand Mothers Get Middle Middle East Happening Cannot Realize Even Harem
While Muslim men describe themselves as insecure in their harems, real or imagined, Westerners describe themselves as self-assured heroes with no fears of women. The tragic dimension so present in Muslim harems - fear of women and male self-doubt - is missing in the Western harem. Fatema Mernissi
Women Fear Heroes Men Fears Dimension Muslim Insecure Missing Self-Doubt Real Male Tragic Western While Themselves Describe Present Harem Imagined
If there is one thing that the women and men of the late 20th century who have an awareness and enjoyment of history can be sure of, it is that Islam was not sent from Heaven to foster egotism and mediocrity. Fatema Mernissi
History Women Men Islam Awareness Mediocrity Late One Thing Sure Women And Men Egotism Heaven Sent Century Who Foster Thing Enjoyment
Sharia law does not exist in the Koran. It was created by man. Fatema Mernissi
Man Law Does Koran Exist Created
There has been a terrible hemorrhage of educated women to the West where they can flourish. I understand, but it is terrible. We must stay home. Fatema Mernissi
Home Women Has-Been Must Stay Terrible Understand Educated Been West Where Flourish
You find in the Koran hundreds of verses to support women's rights, and perhaps four or five that do not. Fatema Mernissi
You Rights Women Hundreds Find Support Perhaps Koran Verses Five Four
Educated women armed with computers have defeated extremists by denying them a monopoly to define cultural identity and interpret religious texts. No extremist can say that women are inferior to men without being made a laughingstock on Al Jazeera. Islam insisted on equality between everyone. Fatema Mernissi
Women Equality Made Men Islam Monopoly Everyone Define Say Extremist Extremists Religious Insisted Computers Between Armed Identity Without Educated Cultural Women Are Texts Denying Inferior Being Them Al Al Jazeera Interpret Defeated
No man could have accepted me because I am too rebellious. It would have been catastrophe. I am too into my own thing. Fatema Mernissi
Me Man Own Too Would My Own Could Catastrophe Because Accepted Am Been Rebellious Thing
In Morocco, for a woman to earn her own living is the essential concern. Fatema Mernissi
Woman Own Living Earn Morocco Concern Essential Her
Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic. Fatema Mernissi
War Thoughts Woman Women Men Gaze Arab Tactic Fact Could Never Know Up Taught In Fact So-Called Modesty Lower Should Growing Growing Up Her
In the 1920s, big names in the Arab world spoke of Scheherazade as an example for intellectuals fighting for their rights. She was a fighter for the right of free expression. Fatema Mernissi
Rights World Free Example Big Fighter Fighting Arab Arab World Free Expression Spoke Names She Intellectuals Expression Right
Now that Arab women are pouring into the streets by the million, men discover with dismay that they, not women, were the captives of the harem dream. Fatema Mernissi
Women Men Arab Dream Pouring Were Discover Women Are Dismay Now Million Streets Harem
If, by chance, you were to meet me at the Casablanca airport or on a boat sailing from Tangiers, you would think me self-confident, but I am not. Even now, at my age, I am frightened when crossing borders because I am afraid of failing to understand strangers. Fatema Mernissi
Me You Age Strangers Think Meet Airport Would Borders Casablanca Crossing Self-Confident Failing Because Understand Am Sailing Were Frightened Afraid Boat Even Even Now Now Chance

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