She was trained in
graphic art and
art history at the
École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Before co-founding the
VII Photo Agency in 2001 she had been represented by
Sipa Press and by her mother's agency,
Cosmos. Since 2006 she had been concentrating primarily on the conflict in
Gaza. In June 2007, she suffered a ruptured
brain aneurysm, and spent three weeks in a hospital in
Israel in a medically
induced coma. She was moved to France, where she remained in a coma. Thousands of colleagues and fans had expressed support for her. Boulat died in her sleep in Paris on 5 October 2007. ==References==