Fatema Mernissi

Thematic Overview

of books by Fatema Mernissi

Fiction

Essays

Male Harem Fantasies

The Harem as a Self-Defense Barrier: Time and Space as Sexual Domination Devices

Women's Rebellion and Islamic Memory (1993)
Articles, French and English originals, translated into 4 languages
Islam and Democracy (1992)
French original, translated into 6 languages
Forgotten Queens of Islam (1990)
French Original, translated into 9 languages
Scheherazade is not a Moroccan, otherwise she will be a salaried worker
Shahrazad n'est pas marocaine (1988)
French original, Arabic translation
The Veil and the Male Elite : A Feminist Interpretation of Islam (1988)
French original (1988), translated into 9 languages
Beyond The Veil : Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society (1975)
English original, translated into 6 languages

Love as a Chaotic Loss of Borders: Emotions as Dangerous Terrain

L'amour dans les pays musulmans (1984 //Re-edition 2007 with new introduction)
French original, published as a 100-page special issue of the monthly magazine "Jeune Afrique Plus" (Issue N° 4, January 1984 - out of print. A paperback edition for Morocco was published by Editions Maghrébines, Casablanca, 1986 - out of print.
New Spanish and Italian editions (2008)
Al Hubb fi hadaratina al-Islamiya (1983)
Arabic original ("Love in our Muslim Civilisation"), published in Lebanon (Ad-Dar Al Alamiya, Beirut, 1983 - out of print)

Research Reports

The Moroccan Sindbads
Les Sindbads marocains : Voayage dans le Maroc civique (2004)
French original, translated into 3 languages
Are you inoculated against the Harem?
Etes-vous vacciné contre le harem? Texte-test pour les messieurs qui adorent les dames (1998)
French original, Arabic translation
Les Ait Débrouille: ONG du Haut Atlas (1997)
French Original
Nissa' al-Gharb (1985)
A fieldwork report I carried out as an ILO consultant in the early 1980s, originally written in French "Femmes du Gharb". Arabic translation by Fatema Zriouil (Editions SMER, Rabat, 1985 - out of print).
Doing daily Battle : Interviews With Moroccan Women (1983)
French original (1983), translated into 6 languages
As-Suluk Al-Jinsiy Fi Mujtama'in Islamiyin Taba'iy (1982)
This Arabic edition published in Lebanon by "Dar Al Hadatha" (P.O. Box 113/5335 Beirut) is the translation of a collection of articles I published in the Moroccan magazine "Lamalif".