Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jellounis a Moroccan writer. The entirety of his work is written in French, although his first language is Arabic. He became known for his 1985 novel L’Enfant de Sable. Today he lives in Paris and continues to write. He has been short-listed for the Nobel Prize in Literature...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 December 1944
CountryFrance
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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.
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To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.
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Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.
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It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.
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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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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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People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work.
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My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.
There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals.
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There are very few great poets in the world.
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself.
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We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.
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I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.