I Am A Moroccan Writer Of French

I Am A Guest Of The French Language. My Poems In French Are Born Of My Interaction With The French Language, Which Is Not The Same As That Of A French Poet.

We Have No Arab Intellectuals Of International Stature Because We Live In A State Of Generalized Mediocrity. We Are Suspended In The Pit Without Touching The Bottom.

My Hope Is That Countries Like Morocco Will Have Investment To Create Work, So People Don't Have To Leave.

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.

Religion Has To Stay In The Heart, Not In Politics. It Is Private.