It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn..

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

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion..

We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world….

I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a Frenc….

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

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

We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on an equal footing in the rec….

I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity..

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible..

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

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

We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touc….

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

The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women..

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a ve….

Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever..

There is an important erotic element in A Thousand and One Nights, which is one of the keys to understanding the Orient..

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave..

Most of those who died did not die of hunger but of hatred. Feeling hatred diminishes you. It eats at your from within and attacks the immune system.….

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