The French do not imprison their wives behind walls, my dear mother-in-law,' she would say. 'They let them run wild in the local souk (market), and everyone had fun, and sill the work gets done'"

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

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