Fatema Mernissi Quotes

No man could have accepted me because I am too rebellious. It would have been catastrophe. I am too into my own thing.

Fatema Mernissi

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• No man could have accepted me because I am too rebellious. It would have been catastrophe. I am too into my own thing.

  

  Fatema Mernissi
  • Accepted
  • Catastrophe
  • Rebellious