Mernissi, Fatima.

Dreams of trespass : tales of a harem girlhood / Tales of a harem girlhood Fatima Mernissi ; photographs by Ruth V. Ward. - Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, 1995. - 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Originally published in 1994.

My harem frontiers -- Scheherazade, the king, and the words -- The French harem -- Yasmina's first co-wife -- Chama and the caliph -- Tamou's horse -- The harem within -- Aquatic dishwashing -- Moonlit nights of laughter -- The men's salon -- World War II: view from the courtyard -- Asmahan, the singing princess -- The harem goes to the movies -- Egyptian feminists visit the terrace -- Princess Budur's fate -- The forbidden terrace -- Mina, the rootless -- American cigarettes -- Mustaches and breasts -- The silent dream of wings and flights -- Skin politics: eggs, dates, and other beauty secrets -- Henna, clay, and men's stares.

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Mernissi, Fatima--Childhood and youth.


Muslim women--Morocco--Biography.
Harems--Morocco--Personal narratives.


Morocco--Social life and customs.

CT2678.M47 / A3 1995

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