62 quotes by moroccan authors for you to enjoy

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

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

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Sport is and should remain a great school of life that supports young people in their personal development. It teaches respect for others and also for oneself. Richard Attias

Life Great Respect People School Young Others Respect For Others Oneself Remain Development Supports Also Sport Personal Young People Should Teaches

Sport allows us to engage in dialogue and to build bridges, and it may even have the capacity to reshape international relations. The Olympic Games embody perfectly this universal mission. Richard Attias

Build International Relations Relations Embody Perfectly Mission Sport Dialogue May Capacity Us Engage Games International Bridges Even Universal Olympic Olympic Games

I don't want to be a princess who sits on the sidelines; I want to be present and actively involved. It's a life with a purpose. Charlene, Princess of Monaco

Life Sidelines Purpose Involved Princess Want Who Actively Present

What's happening to our world? Imagine the year 2000 and our ozone layer has vanished... Our planet has a fever and she is burning up - what will you do? Charlene, Princess of Monaco

You World Will Year Our Our Planet Our World Vanished Layer She Up Fever Ozone Burning Happening Planet Imagine

I had been playing beach volleyball all day, painted my nails red, and threw on a green dress. I thought I looked great at the time, but looking back, I realize that my debut into Monaco society should have been better executed! Charlene, Princess of Monaco

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My foundation is based on helping children, and I hand-pick projects that are close to my heart and home. Charlene, Princess of Monaco

Home Heart Projects Close Children Helping Foundation Based

Sport has given me drive and discipline. It also taught me to remain humble. Charlene, Princess of Monaco

Me Humble Discipline Drive Given Remain Also Sport Taught

I personally want to have children. I love children, and I simply can't wait to have a family of my own. Charlene, Princess of Monaco

Love Family Wait Own My Own Simply Children Want Personally

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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