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Authors
Julien Loiseau, Université de Montpellier
Taieb Belghazi, Université de Rabat
Abdessalam Cheddadi, Université de Rabat
Youssef Seddik, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales
Hamadi Benjaballah, Université de Tunis
Alain de Libera, Collège de France
Charles Genequand, Université de Genève
Henri Hugonnard-Roche, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Maroun Aouad, CNRS
Emma Gannagé, Georgetown University
Frédérique Woerther, CNRS
Meryem Sebti, CNRS
Katia Zakharia, Université de Lyon
Ferial Ghazoul, American University in Cairo
Ahmed Djebbar, Université de Lille
Mohamed El Faiz, Université de Marrakech
George Saliba, Columbia University
Michel Terrasse, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Sylvia Naef, Université de Genève
Linda Komaroff, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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