![]() ![]() She inspired them and in turn found inspiration in their struggles, their voices, lives, and creativity. Mernissi lived in her apartment in Rabat surrounded by generations of scholars, activists, artists, musicians, and visitors from across the globe. Fatema Mernissi will remain an inspirational figure to many of us whose lives she marked with her warm presence, ample generosity, and hilarious sense of humor. ![]() ![]() Mernissi was a professor at the Mohammed V University of Rabat and a research scholar at the Institut Universitaire de Recherche Scientifique (IURS) in the same city. This tribute is to Fatema Mernissi: mentor, insightful teacher, organic intellectual, incisive feminist, powerful voice, charismatic presence, craftswoman, generous host, and friend.įatema Mernissi, a writer, professor, sociologist, and central figure of Arab feminism, passed away at the age of seventy-five on Monday, 30 November, in Rabat. ![]()
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