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.
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We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on an equal footing in the reconstruction of the world.Tahar Ben Jelloun
In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate.
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I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.
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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.
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My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.
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