Leila Shahid also known as Leyla Shahid is the envoy of the Palestinian Authority – PA to the European Commission in Brussels, since 2006.
Leila Shahid was born in Beirut in the year 1949.
In the year 1989, Leila Shahid became the official representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Ireland. One year later she became the representative in Netherlands, then France where she has got her own office in Paris in 1993.
Leila Shahid is the daughter of Serene Husseini Shahid, a member of the Husayni clan.
Leila Shahid is the great great granddaughter of the Bahai prophet Bahaaullah.