I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.

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I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know...

I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know...

I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of...

I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of...

I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.

I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.

There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals.

There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals.

It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how...

It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how...

Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.

Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.

Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.

Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.

I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a...

I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a...

There are very few great poets in the world.

There are very few great poets in the world.

The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human...

The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human...

My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.

My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.

I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.

I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.

We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West....

We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West....

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing...

For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing...

We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have...

We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have...

Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.

Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.

We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out...

We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out...

Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.

Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.

In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.

In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.