What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.

Quote by Tahar Ben Jelloun

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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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those...

This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those...

I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.

I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if...

In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if...

We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of...

We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of...

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out...

People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out...

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...

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...