Regional Studies MidEast

Outline of Essay on Dreams of Trespass

1. 1. What does the author mean by claiming: “The frontier is in the minds of the powerful.”? (p. 3) How do powerful figures find ways to impose these hudud and qa’ida (rules)? How is this separation motivated by fear? Discuss how fear leads the French to impose separation between themselves and the Moroccans, between men on women, and between women? What do the French, men and some women in the novel believe will happen if frontiers and rules are not upheld?

2. The frontier is not physical walls; it’s fear in the mind of men to protect the women. (p.3). The fear is the main theme of the novel, which led to men and women to be separated. Also, it serrated the Moroccans from the French. The different between fez and modern city explain the fear of dealing with the French. The men were afraid about the culture to disappear form Fez.

1. The structure of the frontier between Fez and modern city.

a. The Fez

· The location

· Muslim city

· The beginning of frontier.

b. The modern city.

· The location

· Christian city

· The chaos they bring (P.5)

2. The fear in both men and women

a. The men.

· Women acting like western

· Vaile problem

· Chew gum and smoke cigar (p.130)

· The fe’na (p.80)

b. The women.

· Been divorced.

· The men control them.

· They can’t travel.

3. The power.

a. The men.

· Going outside the frontier

· Listening to radio.

· Ability to travel out side, learn languages.

b. Women divided to two main parts.

i. Some women had power such as, Lalla Thor

ii. Some women they didn’t have power.

· The divorced women such as, aunt Habiba

· The women who married the younger brother in the family, such as, Fatima’s mother.

· The Second wife.