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<p><p>"I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, Morocco..." So begins Fatima Mernissi in this exotic and rich narrative of a childhood behind the iron gates of a domestic harem. In <I>Dreams of Trespass</I>, Mernissi weaves her own memories with the dreams and memories of the women who surrounded her in the courtyard of her youth&#151;women who, deprived of access to the world outside, recreated it from sheer imagination. <I>Dreams of Trespass</I> is the provocative story of a girl confronting the mysteries of time and place, gender and sex in the recent Muslim world.<p></p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>This rich, magical and absorbing growing-up tale set in a little-known culture reflects many universals about women. The setting is a ``domestic harem''in the 1940s city of Fez, where an extended family arrangement keeps the women mostly apart from society, as opposed to the more stereotypical ``imperial harem,'' which historically provided sex for sultans and other powerful court officials. Moroccan sociologist Mernissi ( Islam and Democracy ) charts the changing social and political frontiers and limns the personalities and quirks of her world. Here she tells of a grandmother who wa

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Author

Fatima Mernissi

Publisher

Perseus Books

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780201626490

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Science, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.83 / 5 (2,498 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14