Fatema Mernissi Quotes

The waves of religion based on terrorism in the 1990s are based on the tormented response of a mutilated Muslim society whose progressive forces have been savagely emasculated. Why on earth is the Arab world so hostile to women? Why can it not see women as a force for development?

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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The railroad originally was as completely dissociated from steam propulsion as was the ship.

John Moody

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I'm not hugely technical with things, but I guess that the thing I use most is my iPhone, on a practical level.

Matt Smith

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The more you think about and interact with other people, the more you realize that it is untenable to privilege your interests over theirs.

Steven Pinker

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Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in.

Mary Astell

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Some comedy has turned into, 'Donald Trump's bad, isn't he?' That's a true statement. But where is your joke?

Michelle Wolf

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Working with Bernardo Bertolucci was one of the greatest highlights of my whole life. It was such an incredible opportunity for me.

Liv Tyler

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I'm a big believer in overcoming and achieving and doing things and not feeling sorry for yourself.

Drew Carey

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Personally, I read a lot of scripts.

David Yates

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I knew I wanted to write professionally and get paid.

Courtney A. Kemp

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I'm delighted to be joining the cast of 'The Fall' for what is going to be an exciting and gripping second series.

Colin Morgan

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I think there's a quality of passion to the American actor. I'm certainly attracted to it, and I like to hope that underscoring it is a characteristic of my work. That quality is certainly also present in some British actors, but I tend to feel the mechanical and intellectual process is dominant in the British.

Arthur Penn

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For events, I do use make-up, but normally I don't. I might use a bit of eyebrow pencil and a lipstick but nothing else.

Alicia Vikander

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