To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.
Tahar Ben JellounIn the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds.
Tahar Ben JellounI belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
Tahar Ben JellounEmigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.
Tahar Ben Jelloun