Fatema Mernissi

Fatema Mernissi was born in Fez, Morocco in 1940. After graduating in political science and sociology in Rabat and Paris she received a doctorate in the US. In 1975 she rejected misogynist interpretations of the Koran with “Beyond the Veil” and in numerous publications has pleaded for an understanding between the Western and Islamic worlds based on democracy. Mernissi teaches at the University of Rabat.

© international literature festival berlin

Die Angst vor der Moderne
Luchterhand
Hamburg, 1992
[Ü: Einar Schlereth]

Die vergessene Macht
Orlanda
Berlin, 1993
[Ü: Edgar Peinelt]

Der Harem in uns
Herder
Freiburg, 1994
[Ü: Michaela Link]

Harem
Herder
Freiburg, 2000

Islam und Demokratie
Herder
Freiburg, 2002
[Ü: Einar Schlereth]

Der politische Harem
Herder
Freiburg, 2002
[Ü: Veronika Kabis-Alamba]

Herrscherinnen unter dem Halbmond
Herder
Freiburg, 2004
[Ü: Edgar Peinelt]

Übersetzer: Veronika Kabis-Alamba, Michaela Link, Edgar Peinelt, Einar Schlereth