I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.

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.

We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the Arab world.

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

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

In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.

I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.