"Nature is woman's best friend,' she [Yasmina] often said. 'If you're having troubles, you just swim in the water, stretch out in a field, or look up at the stars. That's how a woman cures her fears'."
Fatema Mernissi was a Moroccan sociologist and writer known for her work on gender, Islam, and social change. Her scholarship and essays influenced discussions on women"s rights in the Arab and Islamic worlds.