We 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.

We 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.

I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.

I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.

Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.

To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.

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