Kenza Aloui was born and raised in Morocco before moving to France to study at Sciences Po. She co-created and programmed the festival Pèlerinage en décalage for 3 years and then took charge of the column +212 in the Huffington Post Maroc. She now works as a columnist for various French and English media and collaborates with the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris. Kenza resumed her studies in 2021 and joined a Master's degree in gender and decolonial studies in Sweden.