Meriam Bousselmi

Meriam Bousselmi, born 1983 in Tunis, studied law and political science. She’s a lawyer registred to the bar of Tunis since 2010.In 2014, Meriam wins the prize of the best end of training conference at the Tunisian bar in copyright law, and in 2015, she takes part in the commission of elaboration and drafting of the Declaration of Carthage for the protection of artists in Vulnerable situations.

From 2002 to 2007 she worked as a playwright and director at the “Centre Arabo-Africain de Formation et de Recherches Théâtrales” in Tunis. As an author she won the Literature of the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture for her book “Brouillon de vie” in 2007. In the same year he won the theatre prize of the organization “Ressources culturelles” for her piece “Zapping sous contrôle”. Her piece “Mémoire en retraite” was prized at the fourth Arabian Theatre Festival as “Best Arabian Theatre Performance 2011” and presentend in Festival Avignon off 2012. Her plays are translated in german and issued by Hartmann&Stauffacher publisher. For Globalize Cologne 2012 she developed the performance sequence “Odette”. Artist in Residence at the Academy of Arts in Berlin in 2012 , she conceives "Truth Box," a traveling theatrical installation in several European cities: Berlin, Cologne, Luxembourg City, Müllheim, Paris, Avignon. She directed « SABRA , or What's up after the revolution » in coproduction with Theater an der Ruhr which has a good feedback from the German audience and criticism. In 2013, she participated in the International Forum Theatre Meetings in Berlin (Berliner Theatertreffen der Festpsiele 2013) and receives the support of the World Academy of Arts Cologne for her international production "The Sin of success." In 2014, she staged « What the dictator did not say » in a coproduction of Les théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg and Fundamental which is selected by the the Luxembourg's THEATER FEDERATIOUN as the production that will represent Luxembourg theatrical creation at the Festival Off d'Avignon 2015.The jury was « overwhelmed by the quality and force of a topical text. The revolutions in the Arab world, the dictators that the Arab Spring does not always succeed in ousting, are subjects of a text that takes a hard look at the abuse of power ». She is the winner the same year of the BEST AUTHOR Award for the 7th Edition of GRANDS PRIX AFRIQUE DU THÉÂTRE Francophone. In 2015, her play « Mémoire en retraite » is staged in double version : hebrew and arab in the Arab hebrew theatre of jaffa.She was the first Arab writer invited to the «FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN PLAYWRIGHTS » in Copenhagen with his play "What the dictator did not say." In the begging of 2016, Meriam Bousselmi show a new staging of the play in the prestigious Bozar. She was selected for the "Künstlerprogramm of DAAD Berliner 2016 » inliterature section. In Berlin, she found the FOUNDOUKOLLECTIV in order todefend intellectual and creative effort regardless of the nationality of the creator and to support interculturality and multiculturalism.