Zineb Benkhelifa holds a degree in Oriental Studies, works for the Swiss Society of Professional Actors*Actresses, Dancers and Singers. She is also the City of Zurich’s appointee for the equal treatment of the disabled and a free lance corrector/editor.  She is furthermore volunteering as a board member of «Public Eye» (formerly «Declaration of Berne») and as a member of the und ist «International Arab Film Festival Zurich» (IAFFZ).