Topic: Tahar Ben Jelloun

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The Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun (photo: AFP)

Tahar Ben Jelloun on the killing of a priest in Normandy

"A declaration of war on Christianity"

On the morning of 26 July 2016, in the church of St-Étienne-du-Rouvray, a small town near Rouen, the 86-year-old priest Jacques Hamel was murdered by two IS terrorists during a service. The Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jalloun, a high-profile intellectual in the Arab world, issued this response the very same dayMore

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Tahar Ben Jelloun is awarded the Legio of Honour by President Sarkozy (photo: AP)

Tahar Ben Jelloun: ''The Arab Spring''

The Comfortable Way to Take Part in a Revolution

The Paris-based Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun regards himself as a spokesman for the Arab revolution. His latest book, however, shows him to be just a last minute arrival to the cause, writes Niklas Bender in his book reviewMore

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