Title: Dreams of Trespass
Description: "I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, Morocco..." So begins Fatima Mernissi in this exotic and rich narrative. With a magical tale-spinner's words, this world-renowned scholar, one of the most eloquent voices of feminism in the Muslim world, weaves her own memories with dreams and fantasies of the women who surrounded her in the courtyard of her childhood.

It is the magic of recreating a world of one's own, navigating beyond the frontiers, that Mernissi describes with great wit and color. In a book as evocative as anything found in A Thousand and One Nights, she writes of the politics of seduction and the harem as metaphor. Peopled with marvelous, wise, and funny women - all individualists - Dreams of Trespass is a provocative book whose rewards go far.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Muslim women, Childhood and youth, Biography, Niñez y juventud, Vida social y costumbres, Mujeres musulmanas, Marruecos, Biografía, Harems, Mœurs et coutumes, Biographies, Enfance et jeunesse, Vrouwen, Musulmanes, Islam, Harem, Morocco, Diaries (form), Manners and customs, Women, morocco, Morocco, social life and customs, New York Times reviewed, Personal narratives
Places: Morocco, Marruecos, Maroc
People: Fatima Mernissi