French - Poet | December 1, 1944 -
Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
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There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals.
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In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds.
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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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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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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.
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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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Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.
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There are very few great poets in the world.
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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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I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity.
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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