Fatema Mernissi said this quote

“ In Islamic societies, politicians can manipulate almost everything. But thus far, no fundamentalist leader has been able to convince his supporters to renounce Islam's central virtue - the principle of strict equality between human beings, regardless of sex, race, or creed. ”

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But when your situation is hopeless, all you can do is turn the world upside down, transform it according to your wishes, and create anew.

~ Fatema Mernissi

Nature is woman's best friend,' she [Yasmina] often said. 'If you're having troubles, you just swim in the water, stretch out in a field, or look up at the stars. That's how a woman cures her fears'.

~ Fatema Mernissi

There are many ways to be beautiful. Fighting, swearing, and ignoring tradition could make a women irresistible.

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When you are in trouble, you need to put all your energies into thinking that there is a way out. Then, the bottom, the dark hole, becomes just a springboard from which you can leap so high that your head might hit a cloud.

~ Fatema Mernissi