Nacer Khemir
Biography
Nacer Khemir, born in 1948 in Korba, Tunisia, is a Tunisian writer, artist, storyteller, and filmmaker. He studied film in Paris with a UNESCO fellowship at age 18 and completed his first film, L'Histoire du pays du Bon Dieu, in 1975. His 1984 feature film Les baliseurs du désert garnered international acclaim, followed by the critically acclaimed Le collier perdu de la colombe (1991). Khemir's later work includes the Desert Trilogy, which explores themes of Islam and tolerance.