Leïla Mezian Benjelloun
Leïla Mezian Benjelloun | |
|---|---|
| Born | Valencia, Spain |
| Nationality | Moroccan |
| Alma mater | University of Madrid |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Mohamed Meziane |
Leïla Mezian Benjelloun is a Moroccan physician and businesswoman and the wife of billionaire Othman Benjelloun.
Early life[edit]
She is the daughter of Moroccan general Mohamed Meziane.[1] She was born in Valencia and grew up in Spain.[1] She is a graduate of the University of Madrid's medical school.[2]
Career[edit]
She is president of the BMCE Bank Foundation for Education and Environment.[3]
In October 2017, she laid the foundation stone of a museum being built at the junction of Moulay Youssef Boulevard and Roudani Boulevard in Casablanca.[4] The building is 26 meters high and was budgeted to cost 79 million MAD.[5] The building was completed in 2018.[3][5]
She is president of the Alaouite Organization for the Protection of the Blind and the Moroccan Red Cross, vice president of the Association of Medical Doctors in Morocco, and president of the Benjelloun-Mezian Foundation.[2]
On 2 November 2022, Leila won the Mediterranean Awards Awarded by the Foundation for the Three Cultures of the Mediterranean.[6]
Personal life[edit]
She has been married to Othman Benjelloun since 1960, and they have two children; Dounia, a film producer, and Kamal, an anthropologist and environmentalist.[2][7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "100 FEMMES - Dr Leïla MEZIAN-BENJELLOUN". www.100femmes.ma. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Dr. Leïla Mezian Benjelloun". wise-qatar.org. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ a b Aissa Amourag (21 April 2021). "Le musée Docteur Leila Meziane Benjelloun bientôt inauguré à Casablanca". maroc-hebdo.press.ma. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Casablanca: le musée Leila Mezian Benjelloun a, enfin, son architecte... Et il est japonais". le360.com. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Leila Mezian Benjelloun To Build a New Museum in Casablanca". moroccoworldnews.com. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "ليلى مزيان بنجلون تفوز بـ"جوائز متوسطية"". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ eCapital. "Keynotes Speakers". www.fm6e.org. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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