Myriam Ben Salah (born 1985) is a Tunisian

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and

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based in

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. She became the

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of Kaleidoscope Magazine in 2016. Prior, she coordinated special projects and public programs at the

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from 2009 to 2016. In 2017, Ben Salah curated ''I Heard You Laughing'' at the Gregor Staiger Gallery. She was the curator of the 10th edition of the Abraaj Group Art Prize. Ben Salah curated a collection called ''The Pain of Others'' at the Ghebaly Gallery in Los Angeles in 2018. She also edits the magazine ''F.A.Q.'' In April 2020, it was announced that Ben Salah would become the next executive director and chief curator of the

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at the

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Women magazine editors Tunisian curators Tunisian women editors 1985 births Living people Tunisian women curators Tunisian expatriates in France {{Africa-artist-stub