Fatema Mernissi

Fatema Mernissi was a renowned feminist author of 16 books on Islam, women in Muslim society, and civic society. Her only book of fiction, Dreams of Tresspass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood has been published in 26 different countries. Mernissi was awarded the 2003 Prince of Asturias Award for Letters and the 2004 Erasmus Prize. She died in 2015.