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A Writer Should Be A Witness
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Moroccan-French novelist, poet, and essayist widely regarded as one of the foremost voices in francophone literature. Born in Fez in 1944, he has lived in Paris since 1971 and has written extensively on immigration, identity, racism, and the Maghrebian condition in Europe. His 1987 novel La Nuit sacrée won the Prix Goncourt — the first awarded to a North African writer — bringing him international recognition. In this interview with Louisiana Channel, he speaks about the moral responsibility of the writer as witness to his time.
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Abdelwahab Meddeb
Écrivain franco-tunisien · BFMTV, 2011
Abdelwahab Meddeb (1946–2014) was a Tunisian-French writer, poet, art historian, and broadcaster whose work stood at the crossroads of Islamic mysticism, contemporary philosophy, and Mediterranean culture. Professor at Paris Nanterre University and longtime host of the radio program Cultures d'Islam on France Culture, Meddeb was a penetrating critic of Islamic fundamentalism and a passionate defender of the humanist traditions within Arab and Sufi thought. His landmark essay La Maladie de l'Islam (2002) brought him wide attention beyond academic circles. He was a contributor to and a subject of study in CELAAN Review.
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