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

I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.

Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.

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.

Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.

The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.

Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.