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.

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

I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take.

Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.

I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet.

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

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