I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.

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.

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

My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.

I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.

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

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