While Benmadi said family members had encouraged her to do what she loves, many women in Tunisia face obstacles to pursuing their interests. "Sometimes I have to go and meet their families to tell them, 'everything's OK, we're not doing anything bad, just music'," she said. "They see it as a technical thing and so not really made for girls," said the DJ, wearing a loose blue shirt and her hair in an Afro.įouchika said her parents - a make-up artist and a hotel entertainer - didn't stand in the way of her passion, but some of her students face more resistance. "But when it's a girl, they ask, 'have you ever mixed before?'" "When it's a man, they say 'OK, send me your profile on SoundCloud', and they can go and mix," she said, referring to the streaming platform where DJs and musicians can share their work.
"You get home late at night, and it's mostly a male thing."įouchika, whose DJ name means "hyper" in Tunisian Arabic, said club owners were sometimes wary of hiring a female DJ for a night.
But "being a female DJ in Tunisia, that makes most families afraid," she said.
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