Fatema Mernissi Quotes

Happiness, She Would Explain, Was When A Person Felt Good, Light, Creative, Content, Loving And Loved, And Free. An Unhappy Person Felt As If There Were Barriers Crushing Her Desires And The Talents She Had Inside. A Happy Woman Was One Who Could Exercise All Kinds Of Rights, From The Right To Move To The Right To Create, Compete, And Challenge, And At The Same Time Could Be Loved For Doing So. Part Of Happiness Was To Be Loved By A Man Who Enjoyed Your Strength And Was Proud Of Your Talents. Happiness Was Also About The Right To Privacy, The Right To Retreat From The Company Of Others And Plunge Into Contemplative Solitude. Or Sit By Yourself Doing Nothing For A Whole Day, And Not Give Excuses Or Feel Guilty About It Either. Happiness Was To Be With Loved Ones, And Yet Still Feel That You Existed As A Separate Being, That Ou Were Not Just There To Make Them Happy. Happiness Was When There Was A Balance Between What You Gave And What You Took.

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