# Leila Ghandi

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Not to be confused with [Leela Gandhi](/source/Leela_Gandhi).

**Leila Ghandi** (Arabic: ليلى غاندي; born July 26, 1980), nicknamed "The Moroccan [Titouan Lamazou](/source/Titouan_Lamazou)"[1] or "Bent Battouta" (The daughter of [Battuta](/source/Ibn_Battuta)), is a Moroccan photographer and journalist.

## Early life

Ghandi was born in [Casablanca](/source/Casablanca) in 1980. She is the daughter of Amal Alami and Ali Ghandi, former Director General of the Moroccan Association of the pharmaceutical industry, who died March 13, 2010.[2][3] She first studied at the Théophile Gautier primary school in the district of [Maârif](/source/Ma%C3%A2rif), and in 1991 continued her secondary education at the [Lycée Lyautey](/source/Lyc%C3%A9e_Lyautey_(Casablanca)) in Casablanca. After obtaining her [baccalauréat](/source/Baccalaur%C3%A9at) from Lycée Lyautey in 1998, Ghandi joined [BEM Management School](/source/BEM_Management_School) in [Bordeaux](/source/Bordeaux) and studied international business from 1998 to 2002. In 2004, she obtained her Master at [Sciences Po, Paris](/source/Sciences_Po), in Strategic Marketing in Politics. During her studies at Sciences Po, between 2002 and 2004, she participated in an academic exchange with the [University of Portsmouth](/source/University_of_Portsmouth) and obtain a degree in European Business and Management.[4][5]

## Career

### *Chroniques de Chine*

In 2003, Ghandi traveled to [China](/source/China). A year later, she returned to this country to work at the Franco-Chinese training center in [Beijing](/source/Beijing), sponsored by the [Embassy of France in China](/source/Embassy_of_France,_Beijing) for a European project.[5][6][7]

After these travels, she decided to publish all her notes in a book. This was published in December 2006 *as Chronicles from China* by Casablanca publisher [Layla Chaouni](/source/Layla_Chaouni)'s *Editions Le Fennec*. The preface was written by [Dominique Reynié](/source/Dominique_Reyni%C3%A9), who had been her professor at [Sciences Po](/source/Sciences_Po) in Paris.[2] To publish this work, Ghandi obtained a financial grant from the Service for Cooperation and Cultural Action of the [Embassy of France in Morocco](/source/Embassy_of_France,_Rabat).[2]

In 2008, Ghandi was a jury member at the 12th International Film Festival of Adventure and Discovery in [Val-d'Isère](/source/Val-d'Is%C3%A8re).[8] The same year, she won the "Trophy of Success in the Feminine" at the [Luxembourg Palace](/source/Luxembourg_Palace) in Paris, delivered by the French Secretary of State for Urban Policy [Fadela Amara](/source/Fadela_Amara).[6][9] In her speech, Amara said: "I am deeply moved and very happy to award you this trophy because you represent exactly the style of free and modern women that must exist worldwide." [10] In 2009, she also received a literary award from the [United States Agency for International Development](/source/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development) (USAID) for this book.[6]

### *Voyages avec Leila Ghandi*

Between 2012 and 2016, she animated a program with her name on [2M TV](/source/2M_TV) *Voyages avec Leila Ghandi* (Travels with Leila Ghandi) which are broadcast monthly in prime time for the documen tary program *Des Histoires et des Hommes* (Histories and Humans).[11][12]

It is a series of [travel documentaries](/source/Travel_documentary) which highlight the culture and lifestyle of each country, through human stories, where she tries to dine and stay with the locals.[13]

During her trip to Palestine in 2013, she met several personalities including [Michel Warschawski](/source/Michel_Warschawski) and [Mahmoud Abbas](/source/Mahmoud_Abbas), whom she interviewed in his office at the [Mukataa](/source/Mukataa) in Ramallah.[14][15]

With this episode, she won in the same year the Journalist Award in TV category, organized by the [Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures](/source/Anna_Lindh_Euro-Mediterranean_Foundation_for_the_Dialogue_Between_Cultures), advancing journalists of [France 2](/source/France_2) and [Arte](/source/Arte).[15][16]

In 2013, Ghandi participated in the documentary of [Serge Moati](/source/Serge_Moati) *"Méditerranéennes – mille et un combats"* (Mediterranean – a thousand and one battles), broadcast on [France 2](/source/France_2) in the program *[Infrarouge](/source/Infrarouge)*.[17][18]

Her episode "Leila Ghandi in Tunisia" was in competition at the [Monte-Carlo Television Festival](/source/Monte-Carlo_Television_Festival) in June 2013.[17]

In January 2014, she was selected among the 50 personalities that make Morocco by the magazine [Jeune Afrique](/source/Jeune_Afrique).[19]

The program *Voyages avec Leila Ghandi* has been shown in three seasons, and as of June 2016, 18 episodes have been broadcast:

Episode Country Broadcasting date Channel Season 1 1 Turkey March 25, 2012 2M TV 2 Brazil April 29, 2012 3 Amazon rainforest May 27, 2012 4 Senegal June 24, 2012 5 Lebanon October 28, 2012 6 South Korea November 25, 2012 7 Tanzania December 30, 2012 Season 2 8 Viet Nam January 27, 2013 2M TV 9 Tunisia February 24, 2013 10 Argentina March 26, 2013 11 Palestine April 28, 2013 12 Belgium May 26, 2013 Season 3 13 Egypt (Cairo) January 3, 2016 2M TV 14 Norway February 7, 2016 15 Spain (Madrid) March 6, 2016 16 Jordan April 3, 2016 17 Bosnia (Sarajevo) May 1, 2016 18 France (Paris) June 5, 2016

## Personal life

According to [TelQuel](/source/TelQuel), Leila Ghandi earned a salary around 20 000 [dirhams](/source/Moroccan_dirham) per month (US$2000).[20]

During the French tour of jazz singer [Dee Dee Bridgewater](/source/Dee_Dee_Bridgewater) in 2000, Ghandi accompanied her as a dancer and percussionist. Further, she is also a member of the Brazilian group [Batala](/source/Batala_(music)).[21]

Between 3 and 8 May 2015, she participated with twenty women in the "Women and Power: Leadership in a New World" program organized by the [John F. Kennedy School of Government](/source/John_F._Kennedy_School_of_Government) at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University).[22]

## Exhibitions

In December 2005, Ghandi exhibited some specimens around the [Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés](/source/Abbey_of_Saint-Germain-des-Pr%C3%A9s) in Paris.[1]

During her trip in China, she took her first series called *"Timeless China : la Chine d'un autre temps"* which was exhibited at the [Lucernaire Gallery](/source/Lucernaire) (Paris) in January/February 2006.[23]

She exhibited the same series at the Art Lounge Gallery of [Beirut](/source/Beirut) in April 2006, under the name of *"Timeless China & spiritual, portraits of Tibet"*.[21][24]

In January 2007, she participated with four other photographers in the exposition *"Regards (de) marocains sur le monde"*, held at the [Church of the Sacred Heart of Casablanca](/source/Casablanca_Cathedral).[2][25]

In 2011, Ghandi won the first prize of the [European Union](/source/European_Union)-[African Union](/source/African_Union) Professional Photography Competition *"African Beauty in all its states"* as a representative for North Africa.[26] Also, her photos have been exhibited at the headquarters of the [United Nations Economic Commission for Africa](/source/United_Nations_Economic_Commission_for_Africa) [Africa Hall](/source/Africa_Hall) and the [Alliance française](/source/Alliance_fran%C3%A7aise) of [Addis Ababa](/source/Addis_Ababa) during the [16th AU Summit](/source/African_Union_summits), held on January 30 and 31, 2011.[26][27]

In March/April 2012, she exhibited her photographic work *"Vies à vies"* at the Art Gallery [CDG](/source/Caisse_de_d%C3%A9p%C3%B4t_et_de_gestion) of Rabat.[28]

## Awards

- *Trophée EuroMed de la Réussite au Féminin* delivered in [Luxembourg Palace](/source/Luxembourg_Palace) by [Fadela Amara](/source/Fadela_Amara) (2008)
- Literary prize of [United States Agency for International Development](/source/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development) (2009)
- *Opinion Leader* by [Search for Common Ground](/source/Search_for_Common_Ground) (2010)
- *Femme d'excellence* by [Marseille-Provence 2013](/source/Marseille-Provence_2013) (2012)
- Mediterranean Journalist Award by [Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures](/source/Anna_Lindh_Euro-Mediterranean_Foundation_for_the_Dialogue_Between_Cultures) (2013)
- [Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters](/source/Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres) (2014)

## Bibliography

- [*Chroniques de Chine*](https://web.archive.org/web/20171112145511/http://www.lefennec.com/livres/view/150) [Chronicles from China] (in French). Éditions Le Fennec. 2006. p. 176. ISBN 9954-415-60-2. Archived from [the original](http://www.lefennec.com/livres/view/150) on November 12, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- *Chroniques de Chine* [Chronicles from China] (in French). [Condé-sur-Noireau](/source/Cond%C3%A9-sur-Noireau): Éditions Bachari. 2007. p. 236. ISBN 978-2-913678-36-1.
- Coll. (2011). ["Chapitre 7: La Puja, hommage au Soleil"](http://les-editions-brumerge.wifeo.com/les-amoureux-de-linde.php). *Les Amoureux de l'Inde: Histoires de rencontres* (in French). Éditions Brumerge. pp. 38–41. ISBN 978-2-917745-36-6.

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