Back أمل كلوني Arabic Amal Clooney AST Əməl Kluni Azerbaijani আমাল ক্লুনি Bengali/Bangla Amal Clooney Catalan ئەمەل کلونی CKB Amal Clooney Czech Amal Clooney German Αμάλ Κλούνεϊ Greek Amal Clooney Spanish
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Amal Clooney | |
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أمل كلوني | |
.jpg) Clooney in 2022 | |
| Born | Amal Alamuddin (أمل علم الدين) 3 February 1978 Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Occupation | Barrister |
| Years active | 2000–present |
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| Children | 2 |
Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin; Arabic: أمل كلوني; born 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.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Day, Emma (11 December 2018). "Nadia Murad is Joined by Amal Clooney as She Accepts Nobel Peace Prize". Vogue Arabia.
- ^ Clooney, Amal (12 June 2020). "Amal Clooney: A test for democracy in the Philippines". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "Azerbaijan court frees journalist backed by Amal Clooney". BBC News. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Kingsley, Patrick (6 November 2014). "Amal Clooney calls on Egypt to release journalist Mohamed Fahmy". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2019.