“I'm mostly surprised by the fact he's still alive; given that people have been trying to silence him for almost fifty years, he really shouldn't be. Aged thirty, Abdellatif [Laâbi's ] was kidnapped from his home in Rabat by plainclothes policemen, bundled into the back of an unmarked car, driven to a dingy gaol, and tortured for days on end.” PeopleTryingYearsHas BeensStillsEndsFactsHomeGivenSilenceAliveCarDrivenThirtyFiftyPolicemenKidnapped Author:Andre Naffis-Sahely
“I'm of the opinion that poetry is always political, and cannot help but be so, regardless of the poet's intent, given that refusing to deal in politics is in itself a political act.” HelpingPoliticalGivenDealsOpinionPoetPoetry Is Author:Andre Naffis-Sahely
