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

Quote by Tahar Ben Jelloun

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Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each...

Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each...

An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This...

An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This...

The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy...

The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy...

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every...

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every...

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I...

I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I...

At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets.

At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets.

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people...

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people...

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and...

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and...

The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself.

The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself.

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

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

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...

A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and...

A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and...

I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.

I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's...

I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's...

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...

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to...

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to...

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.

To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing...

To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing...