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Tahar Ben Jelloun

Born

in Fez, Morocco

December 01, 1944

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Tahar Ben Jelloun (Arabic: الطاهر بن جلون) is a Moroccan writer. The entirety of his work is written in French, although his first language is Arabic. He became known for his 1985 novel L’Enfant de Sable (The Sand Child). Today he lives in Paris and continues to write. He has been short-listed for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Average rating: 3.73 · 40,161 ratings · 6,007 reviews · 244 distinct works • Similar authors

	تلك العتمة الباهرة by Tahar Ben Jelloun, الطاهر بن جلون, بسام حجار (translator) 4.27 avg rating — 13,547 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sand Child by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Alan Sheridan (Translator) 3.37 avg rating — 4,066 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le racisme expliqué à ma fille 3.67 avg rating — 2,851 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	حين تترنح ذاكرة أمي by Tahar Ben Jelloun, رشيد بن حدّو (Translator), Tahar Ben Jelloun 3.36 avg rating — 2,515 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sacred Night 3.55 avg rating — 1,720 ratings — published 1987 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	أن ترحل by Tahar Ben Jelloun, الطاهر بن جلون, بسام حجار (ترجمة) 3.42 avg rating — 1,751 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Căsătorie de plăcere by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Mihaela Stan (Translator) 3.39 avg rating — 1,681 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Palace in the Old Village by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Linda Coverdale (Translator) 3.41 avg rating — 1,063 ratings — published 2009 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Happy Marriage by Tahar Ben Jelloun, André Naffis-Sahely (Translator) 3.26 avg rating — 966 ratings — published 2016 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Friend by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Hazel Rowley (Translator), Kevin Michel Cape (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 835 ratings — published 2004 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“ردّد في سرِّك إن الصمت مريحٌ لك وللآخرين ، وبخاصةً الآخرين .”
― الطاهر بن جلون, تلك العتمة الباهرة

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“علينا بالصلاة من دون أن نأمل بمقابل.
تلك هي قوة الإيمان.”
― الطاهر بنجلون, تلك العتمة الباهرة

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“إن أكثر الأمور الاعتيادية تفاهةً، تصبح في المحن العصيبة، غير اعتيادية، لا بل أكثر ما يُرغَب فيه من أمور الدنيا”
― الطاهر بن جلون, تلك العتمة الباهرة

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What would you like to read for Sept/October's reads 2018 from Northern Africa

The Translator by Leila Aboulela

12 votes, 30.0%

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El-Saadawi

7 votes, 17.5%

This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun

6 votes, 15.0%

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

6 votes, 15.0%

The Curious Case of Dassoukine’s Trousers by Fouad Laroui

4 votes, 10.0%

Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra

4 votes, 10.0%

The Child of an Ancient People by Anouar Benmalek

1 vote, 2.5%

Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories by Alifa Rifaat

0 votes, 0.0%

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

0 votes, 0.0%

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