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Leila Alaoui

Also known as: Leila Alaoui; primary name: Alaoui, Leila
Details: individual; photographer; filmmaker/cinematographer; French; Moroccan; Female
Life dates: 1982-2016
Biography: Photographer and videographer born in Paris, 1982. Studied photography at City University of New York, 2000, returning to Morocco in 2008. Exhibited in the Marrakesh Biennial, Morocco, 2012, 2014; Cairo Video Festival, 2015; Biennale of Photography in the Contemporary Arab World, Paris, 2015; Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, 2015; L'Institut du monde arabe, Paris, 2016. Work in the permanent collection of the Qatar Museum, Doha; Société Générale; British Museum. Alaoui was killed in Burkina Faso, 2016.