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Tahar Ben Jelloun
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In the 70s i was in exile; every time i went back i wondered if they'd take my passport away.
Exile Passports Ifs
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.
People Liberty Arabic Language
I am glad to have found a readership, but one can’t write only what is likely to sell. a writer is not a shopkeeper. a writer creates an imaginary world that he transmits to others.
Writing World Found
Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.
Country Egypt Ordeals
I am a moroccan writer of french expression.
Expression
I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
Sexuality Natural Linked
To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.
Country People Different
An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. this is something that is not excused.
Voice Choir Individual
I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in french; nor do i feel that i am continuing the work of the colonizers.
Guilty Continuing Feels
It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. we should know how to use it, learn to work in it and express new values in it.
Important Use Television
This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.
Mother Tongue Wells
In morocco, it's possible to see the atlantic and the mediterranean at the same time.
Morocco
  • Born: December 1, 1944
  • Occupation: Writer
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