JACEM SAID
With a study in industrial maintenance, Jacem Said has changed his career in his study field to focus on his passion to be established as a rapper. In 2011, he started to produce and show his songwriting via Slam or Rap. Since a very young age, Jacem used to reflect on his quotidian, by writing as he feels it is his comfort zone to elaborate words that speak up about his daily life, the challenges, and Tunisia's political, economical, social, and environmental situation. Not only using music to manifest and perform, Jacem is also an activist with stop pollution in Gabes, a region in Tunisia southern, who has an experience in Theater, more precisely with “ Rahala ” group, an innovative cultural experience initiated by Dancers Citizen South that travels to different regions, villages and towns in Tunisia southern to perform and to show different theatrical pieces for the goal to decentralize, integrate and include all the people especially the marginalized in cultural and artistic events. Furthermore and in collaboration with the singer Lufi and the producer Nadhir Boussaoud, he founded the group V.I.B.E in which he was the songwriter and singer. For the last few years, Jacem has been performing either
SARA ZALTNI
Getting through gender dance stigma and societal challenges, Sarra Zaltni, at a very young age has passed challenging stereotypes to show up as a dancer in Mareth, a town located in Gabes governorate, Tunisia. Her dance journey started with a poster in her high school where she went for an audition at the cultural center in Mareth and got accepted to keep her passion revived through performing in different local and regional competitions and events in Mareth, Djerba, including Label’Zic in Medenine. Aged 19 years old and currently preparing for the baccalaureate exam, the young dancer balances her study and her dance passion, through her dance process, Sarra has been experimenting with different styles including Hip Hop, break dance, popping, and Afro to establish herself currently in a mixture between Hip Hop and break dance. Finding her serenity and calm in dancing, “ Dance is my half, I just put music in my ears, walk and I am free,” Sarra Says, Giving her a sense of belonging with no gender and sex discrimination, the hip-hop and break dancer works to break viewers’ and outsiders’ perspectives toward dancers. Inspired by the Moroccan break dancer Lil Zoo, Tunisian Break dancer Nour Ben Soltan (Bgirl