The Legacy of Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan Feminist and Scholar

By Ursula Lindsey. On November 30, 2015, the Moroccan sociologist, writer and feminist Fatema Mernissi died in Rabat at age 75. Mernissi produced ground-breaking scholarship, written in a vibrant voice. In the days following her death, many of her colleagues, students and readers wrote about the tremendous impact that first reading her work had on their intellectual development and their vision of feminism. More...