Yasmina Benari was born in 1979 in Paris, France of a French mother and an Egyptian father. She studied Classical music (Violin) and Arts at the Collège des Enfants du Spectacle from age 15. She holds two Masters, one in Political Science and the other in Contemporary Arabic and Muslim world with a specialization in Gender issues.
She has lived in Egypt and Cuba working actively with documenting through film and other means, development issues and violence against women. She has collaborated on development projects, coordinated international conferences, and worked with awareness raising campaigns. All the way her work concentrated on Art as a new form of capacity building and empowerment tool.
Since then, Yasmina, has recently collaborated with the film and music theme of Kvindernes Verdens Danmark that you can see and hear at www.hennah.dk or www.freiheitphotography.com . After a Film Training with C:ntact and the Danish Film School in 2007, she wroteWith Open Eyes, and received a grant to direct it.
She is currently working on her next Feature Documentary, Flower and Fruit.