Sometimes, she said that to be stuck in a harem simply meant that a woman had lost her freedom of movement. Other times, she said that a harem meant misfortune because a woman had to share her husband with many others"

— Fatema Mernissi Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood (1994)

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