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Tahar Ben Jelloun

(1944) Writer Morocco

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Tahar Ben Jelloun is a writer from Morocco, best known for L' enfant du sable.

Quick Facts About Tahar Ben Jelloun

Born: December 1, 1944
Nationality: Morocco
Profession: Writer
Notable works: L' enfant du sable
Known for: This Blinding Absence of Light, The Sacred Night

About Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Moroccan writer who rose to fame for his 1985 novel L'Enfant de sable. Although his first language is Darija, his works are written in French. He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Camaiore Literary Prize honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal Q137593931 Prix Goncourt Dublin Literary Award Franco-Arabic Friendship Award Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour Commander of the National Order of Merit

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Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Q16120331 Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain

Quotes by Tahar Ben Jelloun · Page 3

I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the…

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Deprived

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There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals.

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Arab

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“I am glad I have found a readership, but one can't write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not…

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Leadership

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New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it…

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Europe

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I am glad to have found a readership, but one can’t write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not…

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Found

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We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on…

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Equal

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It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how to use it, learn to work in…

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Disregard

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At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets.

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Army

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We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the…

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Bottom

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“Did my father talk to me? It's true, he didn't say a lot to me, but I knew what had to be…

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Fathers

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Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have…

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Courage

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

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Morocco

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