I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.

An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.

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 very high price.

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

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 reconstruction of the world.

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

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