rumah esti

true, a dream alone without the bargaining to go with it, does not transform the world or make the walls vanish, but it does help you keep a hold of dignity.

dignity is to have a dream, a strong one, which gives you a vision, a world where you have a place, where whatever it is you have to contribute makes a difference.

You are in harem when the world does not need you.
You are in harem when what you can contribute does not make a difference.
You are in harem when the planet swirls around, with you buried up to your neck in scorn and neglect.

Only one person can change the situation and make the planet go around the other way, and that is you!.

If you stand up against scorn, and dream of a different world, the planet’s direction will be altered.

But what you need to avoid at all cost, is to let the scorn around you get inside.

When a women start thinking she is nothing, the little sparrows cry.

Who can defend them on the terrace, if no one has the vision of a world without slingshots?

(Fatima Mernissi “the harem within, tales of a moroccan girlhood”)