Sexuality in Morocco and the Maghreb: An Absolutely Central Question to Society

Speakers): Leila Slimani

Leila Slimani will present her latest book, Sex and Lies in Morocco, about the way women in Morocco live in what Slimani describes as “sexual misery”, unveiling the taboo of Muslim women’s sexuality in North Africa. She will be in conversation with Marie-Pierre Ulloa, author of the upcoming book, The New American Dream : From North Africa to California.
Co-sponsored by the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, the French and Italian Department, the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy, the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, the France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.
Free and Open to the Public