Amal Clooney
British barrister (born 1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin; Arabic: أمل كلوني; born (1978-02-03)3 February 1978)[1] is a British barrister.[2] Notable clients of hers include former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed,[3] Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange,[4] former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko,[5] Iraqi human rights activist Nadia Murad,[6] Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa,[7] Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova,[8] and Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy.[9]
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أمل كلوني | |
Born | Amal Alamuddin (أمل علم الدين) (1978-02-03) 3 February 1978 (age 46) Beirut, Lebanon |
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Occupation | Barrister |
Years active | 2000–present |
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Children | 2 |
She has held various appointments with the Government of the United Kingdom and the United Nations, and is also an adjunct law professor at Columbia Law School. In 2016, she and her husband, the American actor George Clooney, co-founded the Clooney Foundation for Justice.