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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/in-the-arab-world-there-is-no-link-between-the-cultural-habits-of/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

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> [The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/the-world-does-not-look-to-us-in-the-arab-world-out-of-a-healthy/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

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> [There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/there-is-a-gulf-between-the-arab-peoples-and-arab-intellectuals/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

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## More by Tahar Ben Jelloun

> [What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/what-have-we-achieved-since-the-end-of-the-second-world-war-we-have/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [“A novel related in a dungeon, in the presence of death, cannot have the same meaning, the same consequences, as it would when read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/a-novel-related-in-a-dungeon-in-the-presence-of-death-cannot-have-the/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/i-read-a-poem-every-night-as-others-read-a-prayer/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/this-universe-can-very-well-be-expressed-in-words-and-syllables-which/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/the-intellectual-the-man-of-thought-doubt-and-analysis-should-give/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/i-d-thought-sexuality-was-instinctive-or-natural-but-it-s-profoundly/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/i-don-t-feel-guilty-about-expressing-myself-in-french-nor-do-i-feel/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/real-friendship-like-real-poetry-is-extremely-rare-and-precious-as-a/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [Our steps invent the path as we proceed; behind us they leave no trace, only the void. So we shall always look ahead and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/our-steps-invent-the-path-as-we-proceed-behind-us-they-leave-no-trace/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [“Man is more noble dead than alive, because in returning to the earth he becomes earth, and nothing is nobler than the earth that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/man-is-more-noble-dead-than-alive-because-in-returning-to-the-earth/)

[Tahar ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [“Our first love is always our last.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/our-first-love-is-always-our-last/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [There are very few great poets in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/there-are-very-few-great-poets-in-the-world/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/people-must-insist-on-the-right-to-say-no-to-be-alone-to-stand-out/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/egypt-has-suffered-more-ordeals-than-the-other-countries-to-get-where/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

> [Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahar-ben-jelloun/beauty-is-first-and-foremost-an-emotion/)

[Tahar Ben Jelloun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahar-ben-jelloun/)

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