Amina Zoubir

She was raised in a family of scientists and artists, her mother Hania is a doctor of medicine and researcher at the Pierre & Marie Curie Center at Hospital Mustapha Pacha in Algiers, while her father Hellal Zoubir is a notable painter and designer based in Algeria and represented by the Tafeta Gallery in London.

In 2006, Zoubir directed her first documentary film as a performative video-action entitled Take the bus and look,[3] developing an incipient reflection on the relationship between individuals, art, and cinema in the early turmoil of a society rising after the collective trauma of a civil war.

In 2010, Zoubir published her academic research as a book entitled video art of Algerian artists - Relation de l’image et du son dans la vidéo contemporaine algérienne : une expérience en temps réel.

In 2012, Zoubir directed and performed Take your place, six feminist actions conducted in specific urban spaces including coffee salons, on the streets, soccer stadiums, beaches, hair salons, and in the clothing markets, where women face gender apartheid in Algiers, which broadcast on channel TV5 Monde and online on the web documentary platform Un été à Alger meaning A Summer in Algiers, produced by narrative[5] (Paris) and Une chambre à soi (Algiers) [6] with the support of CNC France, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and medias Algérie Focus, Libération in France, Channel TV5 Monde Africa.

[7] Amina Zoubir grew up in Algeria amid the tensions of civil war that she witnessed with her family, this experience has bolstered her spirit of resilience as represented in her work, which aims to create a dialogue to heal the social body of Algerian society.