The Kamel Lazaar Foundation is pleased to announce its upcoming project, Bound Narratives: A Photobook Festival, hosted at its contemporary art centre B7L9.
For its most ambitious edition to date, Bound Narratives arrives in Tunis, reaffirming the city’s position as a crossroads of artistic and intellectual exchange.

Initiated by the Lebanese artist and designer Roï Saade, Bound Narratives is a nomadic exhibition that brings together a curated selection of photobooks conceived from and about the Middle East and North Africa by a diverse range of artists and photographers.
After previous editions in Beirut, Florence, Montreal, and Sarajevo, and presented in collaboration with the Iraqi photographer Tamara Abdul Hadi, the Tunisian edition marks a turning point: for the first time, the project unfolds as a festival, expanding its scope to include not only an exhibition and a living library, but also workshops, book signings, talks, and concerts.

This edition extends across three emblematic venues — B7L9 Art Centre, 32bis, and Mouhit — transforming Tunis into a vibrant platform for dialogue on photography, publishing, and memory.
Launched in 2022, Bound Narratives has rapidly established itself as a pioneering initiative at the intersection of image and text. Its arrival in Tunis inaugurates a new chapter in the project’s journey while opening the new season at B7L9.