Shake Up! Profile Series: Crafted in the Land of Pottery - The Ben Gacem Collection - A Catalogue of Tunisian Ceramics

Welcome to Shakshuka’s Shake Up! Profile Series,

An interactive live video cast for conversations in culture, arts, fashion, food and all things relevant in today’s Tunisian American experience. We’ll talk with artists, designers, authors, thought providers and more. Unscripted and real. Who knows where the talks will take us?

Don't miss this presentation of the Pottery and Ceramics collection of Hamida Ben Gacem, Tunisia's first Harvard Graduate and the rich conversation that will follow!

We are lucky to have, hailing from Tunisia:

- Leila Ben Gacem, serial social entrepreneur who, among else, founded two boutique hotels in traditional houses she restored, Dar Ben Gacem, as well as a cofounder of Tunistoric, an unprecedented innovative private initiative to rehabilitate & regenerate the historical Medina of Tunis; and

- Sihem Lamine, associate Director of the Harvard Center for Middle-Eastern Studies, architect and expert in the history of Islamic art and architecture, she is very active in local preservation efforts (e.g., exhibition curator for the Association to safeguard the  Medina of Tunis).

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!

This will be a fascinating discussion on "Crafted in the Land of Pottery - The Ben Gacem Collection - A catalogue of Tunisian Ceramics". Presented by Leila Ben Gacem and Sihem Lamine, this book showcases key pieces of Hamida Ben Gacem's collection, a labor of love that spanned several decades of collecting and features a catalogue of Tunisian ceramics that has garnered attention for its significance. Whether decorative or for daily usage pieces, whether from his birthplace of Nabeul or anywhere else in the country, the pieces were saved from destruction and oblivion and offer an insight into the origins of Tunisia's now famous pottery and ceramics.

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