Madelyn’s Reviews > Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood Fatima Mernissi - Paperback > Status Update

“A harem was about private space and the rules regulating it. In addition, Yasmina said, it did not need walls. Once you knew what was forbidden, you carried the harem within. You had it in your head, ‘inscribed under your forehead and under your skin.’”