Leila Trabelsi, who goes on trial in absentia Monday with her deposed husband Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, was a secretary and hairdresser before becoming Tunisia's most powerful -- and maybe hated -- ...

The years of Leïla Trabelsi-Ben Ali: – October 14, 1956, Leïla Trabelsi is born in Tunis – 1984: She meets Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, head of national security, who is already married and is the father ...

Leila Ben Ali, the wife of Tunisia's ousted dictator, will publish a memoir of her life that is likely to stir controversy in the North African country where she was reviled by many as a latter ...

Ben Ali, who fled to Saudi Arabia as protests engulfed Tunisia on Jan. 14 2011, has been sentenced in absentia to decades in jail on charges ranging from corruption to torture.

Ben Ali's wife, Leila Ben Ali, and her extended family -- the Trabelsis -- provoke the greatest ire," it said. Some observers have said the WikiLeaks cables helped trigger the revolt that drove Ben ...

Leila Ben Ali delivers a speech last Oct. 28 during the opening of the Third Arab Women's Organization Conference in Tunis. FETHI BELAID / AFP - Getty Images ...

PARIS -- Leila ben Ali, wife of deposed Tunisian dictator Zine el Abidine ben Ali, gave a measured apology for any “mistakes” she may have committed and admitted Tunisians were denied ...

"Ben Ali's wife, Leila Ben Ali, and her extended family -- the Trabelsis -- provoke the greatest ire from Tunisians," the ambassador wrote in the June 23, 2008, cable, which WikiLeaks published ...

And Leila Ben Ali ‘s family, the Trabelsis, was widely despised. “She is the chief of all this infection in [the] Trabelsi family,” a Tunisian journalism professor told the LA Times.

"We succeeded in exposing secret accounts belonging to Leila Ben Ali in Lebanon worth $ {esc.dollar}45 million and we will receive this very soon," he said.