This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.

I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.

To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.

People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile; it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.

If you're unhappy in a relationship, I think you just don't trust yourself for getting into another one.

I wanted to show platonic friendship between men and women, because I think it is underutilised in fiction.

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and knowing nothing about Picasso, I had the audacity to knock on his door, became his friend, and took thousands of photographs, of him, his studios, his life and his friends.