A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

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

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

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.

It 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.