法蒂玛·梅尔尼斯1940年出生于摩洛哥的精神首都非斯。少年时代进入摩洛哥首批男女生混合的私立学校学习，后留学法国和美国，继而成为拉巴特穆罕默德五世大学科学研究院教授、联合国大学委员会成员。《禁苑·梦》是梅尔尼斯撰写的第一部文学作品，1994年在纽约出版后反响强烈。

[美]简·海瑟薇（Jane Hathaway）著 美国俄亥俄州立大学历史学教授，奥斯曼帝国研究专家，尤其专精奥斯曼时代的埃及史。

[美]简·海瑟薇（Jane Hathaway）著 美国俄亥俄州立大学历史学教授，奥斯曼帝国研究专家，尤其专精奥斯曼时代的埃及史。

Eunuchs were a common feature of pre- and early modern societies that are now poorly understood. Here, Jane Hathaway offers an in-depth study of the chief of the African eunuchs who guarded the harem of the Ottoman Empire. A wide range of primary sources are used to analyze the Chief Eunuch's origins in East Africa and his political, economic, and religious role from the incept...(展开全部)

Eunuchs were a common feature of pre- and early modern societies that are now poorly understood. Here, Jane Hathaway offers an in-depth study of the chief of the African eunuchs who guarded the harem of the Ottoman Empire. A wide range of primary sources are used to analyze the Chief Eunuch's origins in East Africa and his political, economic, and religious role from the incept...(展开全部)