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knowledge Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun | knowledge

The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.

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hope Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun | hope

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

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funny Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun | funny

I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It’s not very funny, but it’s sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.

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friendship Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun | friendship

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.

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friendship Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun | friendship

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare – and precious as a pearl.

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freedom Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun | freedom

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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Fear Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun | fear

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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Death Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun | death

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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courage Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun | courage

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.

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Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun | change

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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