In the 70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.

Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.

At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets.

The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.

We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on an equal footing in the reconstruction of the world.

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