I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.

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

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

We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on an equal footing in the reconstruction of the world.

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

This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.

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.

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 mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.

What we understand and love understands and loves us also.

but you do not think much about the stars. They are always there. Look at them when you have a moment.

To every whisper if you listen carefully, you will hear or fail to hear something.

Travel agents would be wiser to ask us what we hope to change about our lives rather than simply where we wish to go.

Ask yourself: given everything you have to do, is there a way that we can make this better?

It's one thing for Hillary Clinton to adopt some anti-Wall Street language to try to appeal to progressives.

In the doggie dictionary, under "bow wow" it says, "See "arf arf.""

The concept of a woman with a terrible life who needs a man to come and rescue her, doesn't apply and isn't something we should probably be teaching kids.

I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth

Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans.