After studying geology, Bahïa Bencheikh-El-Fegoun worked in communications then publishing before becoming assistant director. In 2007, she joins the Ateliers Varan and Béjaïa Doc for trainings in directing. In 2011-2012 she completed an internship in production with DOCmed. In 2014, she co-directed and co-produced H’na barra (52’) her first documentary, selected in many festivals and screened by many feminist associations, cineclubs and universities. Currently she is writing Complexe touristique.