b. 1998; Oran, Algeria
EDUCATION
2017-2020 BA International Relations & Arabic with First-Class, University of Exeter
2020-2021 MSc Social and Cultural Anthropology, University College of London, London
2021-2022 MA Music Composition for Film & Visual Media, Superior Music Conservatory of Catalunya, Barcelona
2022 First Artist Management Mentorship Programme, London
2024 Trinity Laban Thrive Development Programme, London
FILM SOUNDTRACK
2022 To Have a Lover narrative short by director Narah T. Coelt soundtrack composed with Ankit Suri and combining elements of electronics, orchestral recordings with Bratislava Symphony Orchestra in the Slovak Radio Station, Bratislava.
2022 T.V Narrative Short by director Kyle Adams, electronic soundtrack
2023 Commercial soundtrack for offseason SS23 collection
2024 Quiet Hands, short film soundtrack, directed by Scar Ward.
2020 Promise Land, sound piece selected by anthropologist of the MENA Dr Katie Natanel and presented at the Exeter Respect Festival on behalf of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Sound pieces, radio works and radio residencies
2023 before the concrete dries series on Noods Radio, Refuge Worldwide, and Movement Radio featuring guests Gan Lockhart and Jehia. Selected as featured shows by Movement Radio staff for July 2023
2022 The Lesser Gods of the Sea, commissioned sound piece by Radio Paleis Maashaven and Sculpture International Rotterdam, aired on Operator Radio
2021 UCL Multimedia Anthropology Lab (MAL) & British Museum working with a team of sound engineers to design a 360-sound composition for the British Museum as part of a heritage project for the Guarani Kaiowa tribe in Brazil. Ongoing member of the UCL MAL.
2021 Mother prays, father weeps with Lydia Ourahmane, commissioned by Delfina Foundation, London, aired on Radio Alhara for their Sonic Liberation Front.
COMMERCIAL MUSIC RELEASES
2021 Swill featured by artist Molly Meet released on 3024 label compilation 'It Was Always There Vol. 2,' voted Top of 2021 by DJMag
RESEARCH
2022 Guest Researcher Residency at MACBA Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona for independent audio-visual project 'Sound and Space.'
2021 Sculpture Center, New York - Lead research for the 'Tassili' show produced by Lydia Ourahmane
2019 Lead researcher for Middle East Concern project conducting fieldwork across Egypt and Algeria on religious socioeconomic discrimination of indigenous groups
2019 CCA Wattis Institute researcher for the 'Sola Cry' exhibition
2017 Volunteer for the Yezidi Resettlement Operation conducted by the Australian Embassy in Duhok, Iraq