Morad Montazami (France, 1981) is an art historian, publisher and curator. After working at the Tate Modern (London) between 2014 and 2019 as “Middle East and North Africa” curator, he developed the editorial and curatorial platform Zamân Books & Curating, which explores and revalues Arab, African and Asian modernities. He is the author of numerous essays on artists such as Zineb Sedira, Walid Raad, Latif Al Ani, Faouzi Laatiris, Michael Rakowitz, Mehdi Moutashar and Behjat Sadr, and exhibitions including Bagdad Mon Amour, Institut des cultures d’Islam, Paris, 2018; New Waves: Mohamed Melehi and the Casablanca Art School, The Mosaic Rooms, London, MACCAL and Tate St. Ives. Most recently he has been apppointed as artistic director for the 16th edition of the Dakar Biennale.