education systems in harem

Educational Systems in Harem



As conveyed by Fatima Mernissi’s Dream of Trespass, the harem is prisonlike place in which ,men are rulers and women are under strict control.Typically women were not treted equally and did not benifit from the same educational system. The private and public spheres were good venues of differentiation. Men were always worried about any attack to the institution of harem life.Men Like Grandfather Tazi,Uncle Ali Cuasin Zin, and Jawad who were free to go out of the harem had diffrent opinions about the life in the harem. Fatima’s father says : “where will the troubled women go?”(16). On the other hand, women who were living within the harem, like Lalla Memi, Lalla Thor, Habiba, Chama, LallaTam, Tamou, and Grandmother Yasemina had differnt opinions. “Mother hated communal harem life.” Said Fatima(6). Both traditional and modern views were supported by different family members living in the harems.