Between I and Lands is an intimate exploration of return, memory, and belonging.
Twenty years after leaving Tunisia as a child, I returned to reconnect with a homeland that had lived in my dreams but evolved in my absence. Over two years, I retraced places imprinted in my family’s history: Tunis, where I was born; Djerba, the land of my ancestors; and Kerkennah, the site of my childhood summers—documenting the tension between memory and reality, longing and loss.
Through photographs of etched landscapes and portraits of strangers, this book is a visual ode to reconciliation—uncovering the traces of home’s fragility and the experiences found in returning to it.
*Copies of the book are expected to arrive in Tunisia and Morocco by summer/fall 2025.
You can make a reservation now by email, and we'll notify you once they're available for pickup.
** If your country isn't listed among the shipping options, feel free to email us.
° 124 pages, 20,5x26 cm
° ISBN 978-1-0692592-0-2
° First printing March 2025
° Photographs and texts by Oumayma Ben Tanfous
° Dear Oumayma - A Note on Return by Taous Dahmani
° Front Cover: Portrait of the author, extracted from a family video archive.
° Design Maya Moumne, Studio Safar
Twenty years after leaving Tunisia as a child, I returned to reconnect with a homeland that had lived in my dreams but evolved in my absence. Over two years, I retraced places imprinted in my family’s history: Tunis, where I was born; Djerba, the land of my ancestors; and Kerkennah, the site of my childhood summers—documenting the tension between memory and reality, longing and loss.
Through photographs of etched landscapes and portraits of strangers, this book is a visual ode to reconciliation—uncovering the traces of home’s fragility and the experiences found in returning to it.
*Copies of the book are expected to arrive in Tunisia and Morocco by summer/fall 2025.
You can make a reservation now by email, and we'll notify you once they're available for pickup.
** If your country isn't listed among the shipping options, feel free to email us.
° 124 pages, 20,5x26 cm
° ISBN 978-1-0692592-0-2
° First printing March 2025
° Photographs and texts by Oumayma Ben Tanfous
° Dear Oumayma - A Note on Return by Taous Dahmani
° Front Cover: Portrait of the author, extracted from a family video archive.
° Design Maya Moumne, Studio Safar
