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A Roundtable on Fatima Mernissi’s Legacy


Posted by tasnim on 07 Dec 2015 / 0 Comments
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Moroccan sociologist and feminist writer Fatima Mernissi passed away on the 30th of November, aged 75. As the news broke on social media, many of us at MMW shared stories about the lasting impact Mernissi had on our lives, and what we had learned from this pioneer of Muslim feminism. Here is that conversation.   […]

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Fatima Mernissi’s Struggle with Islam and Democracy


Posted by eren on 04 Aug 2011 / 0 Comments
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Fatima Mernissi’s book The Forgotten Queens of Islam is a historical study that analyzes women’s place in the public sphere and their relationship with power. Her book explores the ironies and oxymora of women and power through Islamic history. Mernissi transcends the historical to discover the bits and pieces of the situations surrounding political women […]

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