Ibrahim Maalouf says even though Alice was written 150 years ago it still resonates for him. "I think we live in a society where more and more things are forbidden and that scares me," he says. In the past few years, Maalouf says he's been thinking a lot about the climate of intolerance in Europe, and the growing anti-immigrant mood.
حتى وإن كانت أليس قد كُتبت قبل مئة وخمسين عامًا إلاّ أنّ صداها مازال يُخالج مسامعه، يقول إبراهيم معلوف: "أعتقد بأنّنا نعيش في مجتمع تكثر فيه الخطوط الحمراء وهذا يخيفني.