After attending the Fine Arts School in Algiers (1985–1988), she went to Paris where she graduated in Cinematography and Audiovisual Studies from the Sorbonne in 1995.

[1] She divides her time between Algiers and Paris, pursuing her principal interests, painting, fiction and the cinema.

[3] In 2005, she directed the short fiction film La Pelote de Laine and has also authored several books including Comment j'ai fumé tous mes livres (2006).

[4] In 2011, she directed and produced a second feature film Kedach Ethabni (Combien tu m'aimes) which tells the story of how little Adel copes with a period spent with his grandmother after his parents break up.

[5] She directed and produced since then "Azib Zamoum, A story About Land", in 2014 [6] And in 2019, she achieved a low budget fiction film named PARKOUR(S)[7] and an unreleased documentary: Body + Art.