Fatema Mernissi Quotes

While Muslim men describe themselves as insecure in their harems, real or imagined, Westerners describe themselves as self-assured heroes with no fears of women. The tragic dimension so present in Muslim harems - fear of women and male self-doubt - is missing in the Western harem.

Fatema Mernissi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: moroccan
  • Birth: September 27, 1940 - November 30, 2015

Topics

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I play dominoes all the way until I got Bible study. And then I do Bible study. I go to the game. After the game, come home. Dinner. Dominoes until I go to sleep. I'm. Not. Joking.

Jimmy Butler

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Korean skin care is about the daily and nightly routine, and I do it religiously.

Jessica Jung

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But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough.

John Abizaid

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We don't have to sit by and watch our meritocracy be replaced by a permanent aristocracy, and our democracy be undermined by dynastic wealth.

Robert Reich

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I don't have a bad relationship. I'm 48 years old. I think life is too short for that. To me, life is... you open the shutters, you see the dogs outside, you look left, you look right, in, what, a second and a half? And that's a life.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

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The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.

Michael Badnarik

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By the time a partnership dissolves, it has dissolved.

John Updike

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People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.

Sparky Anderson

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I was always into things like Boyz II Men and boy bands, and then I got into Radiohead and alt-rock.

St. Lucia

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I'm guessing that ability to withstand peer pressure and adhere to one's values might translate to the kind of backbone necessary for a successful lifelong relationship.

Steven Crowder

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No parent or coach can be true to any child and say he's ready for the N.F.L. out of high school.

Tony Dorsett

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The people who misuse the Sabbath lose the blessings of spiritual food and growth promised to those who keep this commandment.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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