Chris Keulemans

(Tunisia, 1960) is a writer, essayaist, traveler and in-demand panel moderator. He has published fiction and non-fiction, was the director of the debating platform and venue De Balie, and a founder of Amsterdam's literary bookshop Perdu and the cultural centre De Tolhuistuin. He appeared on stage with Enkidu Khaled in their jointly created documentary theatre piece Bagdad. Due to his curiosity about how artists recreate their cities after a crisis, he travelled to Sarajevo, Beirut, Tirana, Algiers, New York, Kiev, Jakarta and Qamishlo.