FWD: “Fatema Mernissi, a Founder of Islamic Feminism, Dies at 75” - The New York Times

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PRESENTER

Abla Triki

ORIGINAL CITY 

DC

Original Date

May 26, 2019

Description

Briefly presenting the scholarly work and literary figure that was Fatima Mernissi. As a Moroccan sociologist and a founder of Islamic feminism, she aimed at re-establishing notions of feminism from within - her paradigm sought to fight patriarchal oppression with (rather than against) culture and tradition.

Sources & Future References

• NYT (Obituary): Fatema Mernissi, a Founder of Islamic Feminism

• Remembering Islamic Feminist Fatema Mernissi : NPR

• Muslim Women Hear the Call Of a Storyteller - The New York Times

• Mernissi, Fatima - Oxford Islamic Studies Online

• Philosophy and Religion: Fatema Mernissi: The Pride of Islamic Feminism in Modern Times | Reset DOC

• Chameleonic Text: Peritextual Transformation in Fatima Mernissi's Dreams of Trespass and Nisa' ‘Ala Ajnihat Al-hilm: Life Writing: Vol 7, No 2

Contact Info

Instagram: @lablatriki

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