Edith Mobet, known as (Madame Chaliand), was born in 1940 in Paris, the capital of the country of France. She received a degree in economics from the Pantheon University in Paris. She was the wife of the French Orientalist Gérard Chaliand.
Since 1969, she has been working as a journalist and photographer. Together with her husband Gérard Chaliand, she founded an independent agency (Free lance Free lance) for journalism in Paris, the capital of France. She is an expert on the Middle East and Kurdistan. In 1971, she published a number of articles about Kurdistan in French and international newspapers and magazines. Edith Mobet Chaliand worked side-by-side with her husband Gérard Chaliand in writing research. She has come to Kurdistan many times and has a rich archive of photos and information about the Kurdish issue and Kurdistan. Her husband Gérard Chaliand made great use of her archives and photos for his books. Ms. Chaliand was a capable reporter and was one of the reporters who, with her camera, was able to show the destruction of the city of Qaladiza and the crimes of the Iraqi government and Saddam Hussein to the world's public opinion and the people.
Edith Mobet participated as a guest from December 11-18, 2010, in the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party . Because of the services she provided to the Kurd and Kurdistan, she was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani .
Her works:1- Eritrea 1994
2- History of Kurdistan 2007
Source:1- Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.