Fatima Mernissi

Feminist, Sociologist & Author

(1940 – 2015) · North Africa

Moroccan feminist sociologist and author whose work examined Islamic societies, gender, and power with scholarly rigour and personal candour. Her 1994 memoir Dreams of Trespass explored the harem as a metaphor for all systems of confinement, and her writing continues to influence feminist thought across the Arab world.