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Who is Amal Alamuddin
(World News) 10 years ago


An Oxford graduate, humanitarian lawyer and advisor to the UN - Amal is very different to the models, waitresses and wrestlers Mr Clooney is used to

She may well be the luckiest girl in the whole world.

Not only has she bagged dreamy George Clooney (sob!) but it appears she is also sporting a giant rock on her wedding finger too (double sob!)

But just who is Amal Alamuddin?

Well you won't have seen her in any Hollywood films that's for sure.

Oh no! A far cry from Clooney's usual models, cocktail waitresses and even a wrestler (see his past conquests here), Amal's career is a world away from the glamour of La La Land.

Born in Beirut, the 36-year-old has carved out an impressive career as a top humanitarian lawyer working out of Doughty Street Chambers in London.

One of her clients just happens to be Wikileaks founder Julian Assange... you know - the guy who is hiding out in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

She's also worked as an adviser to the UN Special Envoy, Kofi Annan on Syria as well as been Counsel to the inquiry launched on the use of drones in counter-terrorism.

And we can't forget that she's also the legal advisor to the King of Bahrain... how does she find time to date George?

Unsurprisingly, her education is just as impressive as her CV.

Proving she has both brains and beauty, Amal graduated from the New York University School of Law and has also studied at Oxford.

She passed the New York Bar in 2002 (basically she could work as a barrister) and the Bar of England and Wales (Inner Temple) in 2010.

She also just happens to be fluent in both French and Arabic.

And that's not all.

Oh no, as well as fighting humanitarian causes around the world, Amal is also a published author having written chapters and articles on international criminal law and edited a book entitled 'The Law and Practice of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon' - spot of bedtime reading anyone?

She was also voted the hottest barrister in London by legal blog, Your Barrister Boyfriend.

Apparently she "achieves the seemingly unattainable ideal of contemporary femininity: she is both breathtakingly beautiful and formidably successful."

She really does seem to have it all!

Since hooking up with the super hot, drop dead gorgeous, Oscar winning actor, the pair have been jet setting around the world - being seen on Safari in Africa.

by nathalie Dickinson

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