Translating Nouzha Fassi Fihri's La Baroudeuse: A Case Study in ...

Closely shaven and dressed in a wide white robe, his turban elegantly
wrapped in honor of the guest, Sharif asked him, "What's it like over there on the
other side of the Atlas, in the Spanish zone?"
"A wind of freedom is blowing. When the nationalists presented the
Independence Manifesto, they set a decisive process in motion. The people
organized huge demonstrations, but the forces of law and order quickly dispersed
them."
"Every day and from all over Morocco, people are sending letters of
support to those who wrote the Manifesto. Each one expresses the willingness to
die for the sake of the nation. The nationalists are carrying on an active
propaganda campaign, printing out local newspapers and circulating underground
newspapers brought into Morocco by our citizens living in Europe or the Middle
East."
"We can't turn back now. It's too late for reforms. Now we are fighting for
independence and the unification of the country."
"The international situation is right. There is a total upheaval in the world
order. A new era is beginning."
"Most important, the people and the king are in perfect agreement. We are
fed up with humiliations. We will work together to regain our sense of dignity. It
is time to make our voices heard in the world."
"And the only way to achieve this is to die for our what we believe in."
"Where there is smoke, there is fire. All it needs is a twig to take flame."
"The will of God be done. No one escapes his destiny."
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