I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.

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

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

I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.

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

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.

Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.