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.

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.

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.

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

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.

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