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...Morocco's women recognized these words for what they were-a call to shake off an age-old bondage fastened on them in the name of Mohammed and perpetuated by generations of mullahs (teachers). Taking courage from this display of feminist leadership and example from the royal family itself, thousands of women all over the country forthwith cast aside their veils and began talking briskly of emancipation...
...decade since, the rising surge of nationalism has brought freedom to some 230 million of the world's estimated 400 million Moslems, establishing new nations across half the world's girth. From Morocco to Indonesia, the drive of Islam's women toward emancipation has kept pace with the drive of their countries toward independence. In Pakistan, where ten years ago cars were heavily curtained to protect women from the vulgar gaze of men, hundreds of still devout women now drive themselves, unveiled, to work or on their social rounds. In Tunisia, where in 1947 polygamy was accepted...
...nervous," she said. "I was simply unknowing. I didn't realize the import of what I was saying. His Majesty had asked me to speak. It was only after I spoke that I realized, I who lived so freely, what things were really like in Morocco, and what would happen because I had spoken...
...regularly swarms with visiting girls and women; when Aisha entertains, its marble walls ring with female giggles and pop tunes (some Aisha favorites: Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong) like a U.S. girls' dormitory. Aisha has abandoned the slacks and blue jeans which once raised orthodox eyebrows in pre-independence Morocco, but still favors slim-cut black skirts with sport blouses or wool cardigans. She uses pink lipstick, paints her fingernails and toenails to match, wears her thick hair usually in a chignon. Her voice is full, throaty and resonant. She speaks fluent French, is less sure of her English, chain...
Five mornings a week she drives out to her office in outlying Rabat, where she directs Morocco's Entraide Nationale, the administrative headquarters of all Moroccan welfare agencies, and fountainhead of Morocco's drive against illiteracy. Says Aisha: "This position lets me touch the lowest levels of society-the fellahin, widows and orphans alike. I work here not just to supervise, but to participate in the lives of the people. By touching evil at close quarters, I can learn how to cure...