Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.

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• Tahar Ben Jelloun:

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

• Tahar Ben Jelloun:

  I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French

• Tahar Ben Jelloun:

  Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.

• Tahar Ben Jelloun:

  Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

• Tahar Ben Jelloun:

  My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.

• Tahar Ben Jelloun:

  We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who

• Tahar Ben Jelloun:

  We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized me

• Tahar Ben Jelloun:

  The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.

• Tahar Rahim:

  I simply can't wear an outfit if I don't feel that is right for me.

• Tahar Rahim:

  I recall the first time my agent told me to wear clothes specifically chosen for me, I would try an