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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

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I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.

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

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Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.

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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 an equal footing in the reconstruction of the world.

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

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Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.

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

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I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.

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I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Poet

Born: December 1st, 1944

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