Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun

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Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.

Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.

In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.

For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.

I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.

In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

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.

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.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

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.

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.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.

Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

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