Simon Pierre Hamelin (1973, Paris)

after sojourning in India and Russia, has been living in Tangier since 2003. He has been Exhibition Commissioner for Alain Daniélou Foundation since 2001 and director of literary magazine Nejma since 2007. He has been director of the bookshop Des Colonnes since 2005. Among his books are Le Portrait (2008) and Tanger, Ville Frontière (2008), whereas in 2009 he will publish Niemand and Tanger Fac-similé.