Harem
The Arabic term harem means the private part of a household. In traditional Arab culture, this part of the household was forbidden to male strangers.The term has also come to be used for a group of women in a polygamous household.
- this is a stub article -- we need more on ordinary Arab households vs. the polygamous households of the rich and powerful, children and child-rearing, the views of "the harem" as an exotic "other" concept in Orientalism
- Seraglio
