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.
Tahar Ben JellounIt is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how to use it, learn to work in it and express new values in it.
Tahar Ben JellounI am glad to have found a readership, but one canโt write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not a shopkeeper. A writer creates an imaginary world that he transmits to others.
Tahar Ben Jelloun