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Tarek
M’rad
Tarak M’ead is a Tunisian radio host and
photographer, born in 1978 in Bizerte, a
city that he particularly cherishes. Avid
reader, comic books fan, he used to be the
nerd always first of his class. He enters the
Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales
in Carthage and obtains at the age of 23
a Master’s degree in business. Then, he
joins a major multinational oil company in
the marketing department and alternates
between this profession and his first
calling, radio hosting. Moreover, it is
behind the mike of Radio Tunis Chaîne
Internationale that he is discovered
as a cultural agitator, defender of the
alternative cultures. During this period
of hyperactivity, photography imposes
itself on him, he then goes as a free agent
hunting images on the roads of Tunisia.
An activity that he practices without
any pretentiousness, only stimulated by
the simple pleasure that he gets from
photography. Nevertheless, his pictures
have reached a certain level of fame,
especially with the documentation of the
great moments of the Tunisian revolution
or with the honours he received during
national events. He is now a host at
Express FM, a private economy-oriented
radio that includes the shows : “Mise au
point”, “Underground” and “Pub and Co”.
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