Famous People with Name Leila

Leila Tuulikki Haaparanta            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Leila Tuulikki Haaparanta: a Finnish philosopher, and Professor of Philosophy at the Department of History and Philosophy at Tampere University, Finland.Haaparanta studied philosophy at the University of Helsinki, where she received her PhD in 1985.In 1985 she was a Research Affiliate at Yale University, USA. Since 1986 she has been a Docent at the University of Helsinki. She was appointed full professor at Tampere University in 1998.

Leïla Sebbar            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Leïla Sebbar: is an Algerian author. is the daughter of a French mother and an Algerian father. She spent her youth in colonial Algeria but now lives in Paris. She writes about the relationship between France and Algeria and often juxtaposes the imagery of both countri

Leila Mourad            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Leila Mourad: was an Egyptian singer. She is also credited as "Laila Mourad" and "Layla Mourad".Jewish composer Dawood Hussnei, who composed the first Operetta in the Arabic language, helped her start her career by composing two songs: "hairana Leh Bein El Eloub" (Why

Leila Ahmed            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Leila Ahmed: is an Egyptian American professor of Women's Studies and Religion at the Harvard Divinity School. Prior to coming to Harvard, she was professor of Women’s Studies and Near Eastern studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Cambridge before moving to the United States to teach and write.

Leila Djabali            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Leila Djabali: was an Algerian intellectual and poet, who was imprisoned and tortured by the French colonial authorities during the Algerian War of Independence. Her poem, Pour mon tortionnaire, le Lieutenant D.. (For my torturer, Lieutenant D..., 1957), written while imprisoned at the Barberousse Prison in Algiers, vividly portrays multiple rapes in prison, and ends by describing the gentle everyday lives of the torturer