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The Western man declares that in order to be beautiful, a woman must look 14 years old. If she dares to look 50, or worse, 60, she is beyond the pale. By putting the spotlight on the female child and framing her as the ideal of beauty, he condemns the mature woman to invisibility.

~Fatema Mernissi

Topics: Beautiful Beauty Beyond Child Condemns Dares Female Framing He Her Ideal Invisibility Look Man Mature Must Old Order Pale Putting She Spotlight Western Woman Worse Years

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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

Topics: Awareness Century Egotism Enjoyment Foster Heaven History Islam Late Mediocrity Men One Thing Sent Sure Thing Who Women Women And Men 20Th Century

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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

Topics: Achieve Cannot Could Daughters Dream East Education Even Force Get Happening Middle Middle East Mothers Out Progressive Push Realize Strong Understand Women

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Someone else is going to read for me or go at my place to the mosque, and/or to tell me you shouldn't take anything from the West because the West is the enemy and so on. It is to me to decide. I am intelligent enough to be critical towards the West and take what I need and reject what is bad for me.

~Fatema Mernissi

Topics: Am Anything Bad Because Critical Decide Else Enemy Enough Go Going Intelligent Me Mosque Need Place Read Reject Someone Take Tell Towards West You I Am

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Sharia law does not exist in the Koran. It was created by man.

~Fatema Mernissi

Topics: Created Does Exist Koran Law Man

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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

Topics: Been Educated Flourish Home Must Stay Terrible Understand West Where Women

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You find in the Koran hundreds of verses to support women's rights, and perhaps four or five that do not.

~Fatema Mernissi

Topics: Find Five Four Hundreds Koran Perhaps Rights Support Verses Women You

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So much of Islam is Judeo-Christianity. It's impossible to divorce them. Islam is 600 years after Christ. Thousands of years after Judaism. Christ, Moses, Abraham - they are all in the Koran.

~Fatema Mernissi

Topics: Abraham After Christ Divorce Impossible Islam Judaism Koran Moses Much Them Thousands Thousands Of Years Years

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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

Topics: Accepted Am Because Been Catastrophe Could Man Me My Own Own Rebellious Thing Too Would I Am

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I go to the hamam and put henna on my skin and hair. Even when I go to New York, I let the shower run hot to create a steam hamam at my hotel. But when I finish with the bath, I put on expensive French creams.

~Fatema Mernissi

Topics: Bath Create Even Expensive Finish French Go Hair Hot Hotel New New York Put Run Shower Skin Steam York

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Biography

Nationality: Moroccan

Type: Activist

Born: Unknown

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