Tahar Ben Jelloun

Morocco Earthquake: French President Addresses Aid Controversy in Video Message

15 September 2023

Franco-Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun, said to be close to King Mohammed VI, deciphers the latest intervention of the French president to the Moroccan people after the (…)

Morocco-Spain Tensions Escalate as Writer Claims Ceuta as Moroccan Territory

24 May 2021

Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun reacted to the new tensions between Morocco and Spain. He stated that "Ceuta is Moroccan land".

Algerian Author Yasmina Khadra Accuses Moroccan Writer of Sabotaging Career

7 February 2021

Accused of being "an impostor", the Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra responds to his colleague, the Moroccan Tahar Ben Jelloun. He accuses him in particular of having used his (…)

Renowned Author Advocates for Arabic Language Education in Schools to Combat Islamophobia

14 October 2020

Franco-Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun is weighing in on the debate over the teaching of Arabic in schools. He stated on Europe 1 that the integration of Arabic in education (…)

Acclaimed Author Tahar Ben Jelloun Clarifies Health Status, Dispels COVID-19 Rumors

13 April 2020

Tahar Ben Jelloun wanted to reassure those who may have read between the lines of a text he published, that he is affected by the coronavirus.

Morocco Debates Language in Education: Arabic vs. French in Schools

20 August 2019

In an interview with the weekly Jeune Afrique, the Franco-Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun gave his opinion on the education system in Morocco. While acknowledging that (…)