
Fatema Mernissi, historian, writer, doctor in sociology and professor in the Mohammed V University of Rabat, is one of the most renowned intellects of Morocco and is especially known for defending women’s rights in addition to being a world authority on Koranic studies. She is currently studying the influence of new communication technologies on the birth of civil society in the Arabic world. "Love in the Islam of the Digital Era" was the topic of her conference in Avilés.
Fatema Mernissi, 2003 Prince of Asturias Award for Letters.
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