[2] Assih worked in a communications firm for two years before establishing the company "World Films".
[2] She began her directing career in 2004, making the short films Le prix du velo and La vendeuse contaminee.
[1] The following year, Assih directed and produced Bidenam, l’espoir d’un village, with help from the Goethe Institute in Johannesburg.
The film is about the life of Bidenam, who returns to her native village after six years and decides to teach his family how to use an irrigation system, and it touches upon themes of politics and rural exodus.
[2] Continuing her work on ceremonies from her previous documentary, the object of this rite is her younger sister.