Chapters 1 through 6 Summary

As the story opens, the author, Fatima Mernissi, explains that she was born in the Moroccan city of Fez in 1940. Fatima says that there are many frontiers in her life, of which some are tangible and others intangible. The first of these to play an important role in her life is the doorway separating her family's living quarters from the courtyard shared by the extended family. Fatima's mother tends to sleep later than Fatima and she says that her very first experience with a frontier is in learning that she is not allowed to go out into the courtyard until her mother was awake. Fatima is pleased with this frontier because the rules regarding it are 'crystal clear.' She learns to sit quietly for the time until her mother wakes, usually about two hours, by viewing everything around her as if...

Dreams of trespass is a fiction based on the real life of the author, Fatema Mernissi. She was born in a monogamous family but living in the harem of her grandfather in the 1940s. Her uncles were married to multiple women as well as her grandfather. Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Marnissi, Fatima and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Fatima Mernissi and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com.

Dreams Of Trespass: Tales Of A Harem Girlhood

Fatema Mernissi teaches sociology at University Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco. She is the author of more than eight books, including Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood, Scheherazade Goes West, The Veil and the Male Elite, and Beyond the Veil.