We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
-- Tahar Ben Jelloun
   
Tahar Ben Jelloun   Name:
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
French
Birth:
December 1, 1944
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