With the enchanting power of fables and the narrative strength of lived experiences, Dreams on the Threshold serves as a bridge between two cultures: European and Maghreb.

This magical recreation of an extinct world, in which a young girl is forced to navigate borders to safeguard her future as a woman, achieves universality in its exoticism through the silver thread with which the author weaves the countless stories and anecdotes of the courtyard where she was confined.

Like a new Scheherazade, Mernissi reveals—in this accessible and anthropologically valuable work—the solidarity among women, their imagination, clarity of mind, and rebellious spirit that defined that courtyard-bound world.

Film rights have been sold to the Spanish production company LA MAESTRANZA.