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Fatema Mernissi

1940 - 2015

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Fatema Mernissi (Arabic: فاطمة مرنيسي, romanized: Fāṭima Marnīsī; 27 September 1940 – 30 November 2015) was a Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fatema Mernissi is the 802nd most popular writer (up from 883rd in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Morocco (up from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Writer.

Fatema Mernissi is a Moroccan feminist and sociologist who is most famous for her book "Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fatema Mernissi ranks 802 out of 7,302. Before her are Marilyn vos Savant, Ryszard Kapuściński, Bar Hebraeus, Jean Anouilh, Felix Salten, and Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. After her are Theodoret, Tove Ditlevsen, Dashiell Hammett, Max Jacob, L. Frank Baum, and Zeami Motokiyo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Fatema Mernissi ranks 69. Before her are Roberto Cavalli, Eduardo Galeano, Astrud Gilberto, René Auberjonois, Mario Andretti, and H. R. Giger. After her are Toshihide Maskawa, Dennis Tito, George A. Romero, James Cromwell, Tarō Asō, and Herbie Hancock. Among people deceased in 2015, Fatema Mernissi ranks 43. Before her are Zito, Eduardo Galeano, Alcides Ghiggia, Wes Craven, Benedict Anderson, and Douglass North. After her are James Last, Colleen McCullough, René Girard, Günter Schabowski, Yitzhak Navon, and Yevgeny Primakov.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Fatema Mernissi ranks 13 out of 264. Before her are Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963), Mohammed V of Morocco (1909), Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646), Alain Badiou (1937), Dominique Mamberti (1952), and Nathalie Delon (1941). After her are Serge Haroche (1944), Ibn Tumart (1097), Ahmad al-Mansur (1549), Jean-Luc Mélenchon (1951), Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur (1160), and Zeno of Verona (300).

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Among WRITERS In Morocco

Among writers born in Morocco, Fatema Mernissi ranks 1. After her are Tahar Ben Jelloun (1944), Daniel Pennac (1944), Mohamed Choukri (1935), Driss Chraïbi (1926), Dunash ben Labrat (920), Eva Illouz (1961), Malika Oufkir (1953), Ahmed Rami (1946), Muriel Barbery (1969), Katherine Pancol (1954), and Leïla Slimani (1981).

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