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haremhar‧em /ˈhɑːrim, hɑːˈriːm $ ˈhɑːrəm, ˈher-/ noun [countable]  haremOrigin: 1600-1700 Arabic harim ‘something forbidden’ - I was born in a harem, and I instinctively understood very young that behind every boundary something terrifying is hiding.
- Thanks largely to the tradition of the harem and their own recent suppression, Arab women had a strong sense of sisterhood.
1the group of wives or women who lived with a rich or powerful man in some Muslim societies in the past2part of a Muslim house that is separate from the rest of the house, where only women live |