At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets.
Tahar Ben JellounIn Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.
Tahar Ben JellounWe have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
Tahar Ben JellounThere is an important erotic element in A Thousand and One Nights, which is one of the keys to understanding the Orient.
Tahar Ben Jelloun