{"id":13868,"date":"2015-12-04T07:46:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T11:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=13868"},"modified":"2015-12-03T10:47:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T14:47:03","slug":"fatema-mernissi-1940-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/fatema-mernissi-1940-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatema Mernissi (1940-2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sad news this: Fatema Mernissi was a major voice for women inthe Maghreb over the years \u2014 I found that her books were also very useful to wake up my American students. Her memoir Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood<\/a><\/em> is a must read.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Arab Literature (in English)<\/strong><\/em>. BY MLYNXQUALEY<\/a><\/span><\/span> on<\/em> 1<\/a> )<\/span><\/p>\n

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Born in 1940, in Fes, Mernissi was celebrated\u00a0for her sociology. Her most popular works included\u00a0Beyond the Veil, The Veil and the Male Elite<\/em>, and Islam and Democracy<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Mernissi was mainly a scholar, studying political science at the Sorbonne and doing her doctorate in sociology\u00a0at Brandeis University. She later taught in the field of sociology at Rabat\u2019s Mohammed V University.<\/p>\n

But Mernissi was also a gifted writer, and her works, both scholarly and memoir, were accessible to a wide public. On writing, she once said:\u00a0\u201cWriting is one of the most ancient forms of prayer. To write is to believe communication is possible that other people are good, that you can awaken their generosity and their desire to do better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mernissi won numerous awards for her work. In 2003, Mernissi was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award along with Susan Sontag.<\/p>\n

You can find more about her work at her website,\u00a0http:\/\/www.mernissi.net\/<\/a>. There are also manyremembrances on Twitter<\/a>. A selection:<\/p>\n

Moroccan writer and scholar Fatema Mernissi<\/a>, author of the acclaimed memoir<\/em>\u00a0Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood,\u00a0has died at 75:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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