Mehdi Ben Attia was born in 1968 in Tunis, Tunisia. After a postgraduate degree in Political Sociology at the University of Sorbonne in Paris in 1993 he was co-writer of some episodes of sitcoms “H” and “Eva Mag” broadcast on Canal Plus. He then wrote a screenplay feature film, “The Crack” in 1999, working with Zina Modiano . He, also collaborated with the scenario of “Terminus des Anges,” by André Téchiné, shot in Morocco. Mehdi Ben Attia was also an actor on a short film by Zina Modiano , “Growl”. —africultures