Amal Clooney

Amal Clooney
أمل كلوني
Clooney in 2022
Born
Amal Alamuddin (أمل علم الدين)

(1978-02-03) 3 February 1978 (age 46)
Beirut, Lebanon
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • Lebanon
Education
OccupationBarrister
Years active2000–present
Spouse
(m. 2014)
Children2

Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin; Arabic: أمل كلوني; born (1978-02-03)3 February 1978)[1] is a British international human rights lawyer.[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] Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad,[6] Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa,[7] Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova,[8] and Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy.[9] 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.

  1. ^ Russian, Ale (5 February 2018). "Amal's Big 40! George Clooney Celebrates Wife's Birthday on 24-Hour Getaway". People.
  2. ^ "George Clooney Finally Meets His Match With Human Rights Lawyer Amal Alamuddin". Vanity Fair. 29 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Amal Clooney". Doughty Street Chambers. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  4. ^ Rothman, Michael (19 March 2014). "5 Things About Amal Alamuddin". ABC News.
  5. ^ Johnston, Ian (27 April 2014). "George Clooney Engaged To Amal Alamuddin: Actor To Marry British Human Rights Lawyer Who Has Represented Julian Assange". The Independent. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014.
  6. ^ Day, Emma (11 December 2018). "Nadia Murad is Joined by Amal Clooney as She Accepts Nobel Peace Prize". Vogue Arabia.
  7. ^ Clooney, Amal (12 June 2020). "Amal Clooney: A test for democracy in the Philippines". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Azerbaijan court frees journalist backed by Amal Clooney". BBC News. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  9. ^ Kingsley, Patrick (6 November 2014). "Amal Clooney calls on Egypt to release journalist Mohamed Fahmy". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2019.