I'd Thought Sexuality Was Instinctive Or Natural,

I Read A Poem Every Night, As Others Read A Prayer.

We Do Not Have Many Intellectuals Who Can Speak Out For Us Internationally. We Have No Writers Who Are Recognized, Respected And Loved Outside The Arab World.

Real Friendship, Like Real Poetry, Is Extremely Rare - And Precious As A Pearl.

Be Vigilant, For Nothing One Achieves Lasts Forever.

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.