Tahar Ben Jelloun
By Fire: Writings on the Arab Spring

“Fire destroys that which feeds it.”

— SIMONE WEIL

Albert Camus asked, “What is a rebel? ” and answering his own question, he said: “A man who says no.” It is at this point, when fear is gone, that whole nations say no.”

— PETER BEAUMONT, “HOW DICTATORS FALL”

Translator’s Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Jeffrey Green for his edits and suggestions on the book’s introduction; Marilyn Zucker, Peter Khost, and Astrid Wimmer for reading my translation of Par le feu; Franck Dalmas for his help with aspects of L’étincelle’s translation. Above all, I wish to express my gratitude to my publisher-father, the late Ruhul Amin Nezami, for inspiring me.

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