“The woman with dark hair, wide hips, and a few extra pounds has always...” — Fatema Mernissi Quote

“The woman with dark hair, wide hips, and a few extra pounds has always been the essence of beauty in Morocco.”

“So much of Islam is Judeo-Christianity. It's impossible to divorce them. Islam is 600 years after Christ. Thousands of years after Judaism. Christ, Moses, Abraham - they are all in the Koran.”

“Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.”

“I remember acting in a school play about the melting pot when I was very little. There was a great big pot onstage. On the other side of the pot was a little girl who had dark hair, and she and I were representing the Italians. And I thought: Is that what an Italian looked like?”

“I'm half Russian, so I naturally have very dark hair.”