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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

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Fatema Mernissi
Age: 75 †
Born: 1940
Born: September 27
Died: 2015
Died: November 30
Essayist
Feminist
Non-Fiction Writer
Sociologist
University Teacher
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Fes
Morocco
Fatna Aït Sabbah
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