Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Fatema Mernissi

Born: 1940
Died: November 30, 2015 (aged 75)
Bio: Fatema Mernissi was a Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist.
Known for:
- Beyond the Veil (1975)
- The Veil and the Male Elite (1991)
- The forgotten queens of Islam (1993)
- Islam and Democracy (1992)