I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.Tahar Ben Jelloun
I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
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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.
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Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.
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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.
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The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself.
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