Ben-Gacem is known as a socio-cultural catalyst.[12] She has been involved in many cultural initiatives to revive the Medina of Tunis and ensure its sustainable development.[13] In 2015, Leila and other civil society actors played a major role in reviving the Rachidia association in its 80th anniversary, then she joined other cultural initiatives such as Journal de la Médina, the national Wikipedia project MedinaPedia[12] and the first Light Festival in Africa Interference.[14]