Amal Clooney

Amal Clooney was born in Beirut. Her birth name derives of the form'ml' or 'amal' in Arabic which means "hope". It was just two years old when her family moved to Buckinghamshire from Lebanon in the Lebanese Civil War. Ramzi Alamuddin is a Lebanese Druze who hails from Baakline, a village situated in the Chouf District of the Alam al-Din dynasty. He completed an MBA at the American University of Beirut. It was his return to Lebanon in the year 1991, following the conclusion of the civil war. Her mother, Baria (nee Miknass), was born to a family of Sunni Muslims in Tripoli in Northern Lebanon,[14][11] and a Palestinian-Jordanian[15] mother. She worked as a journalist for the political side as well as foreign editor for the Saudi-run newspaper al-Hayat. The newspaper was founded by her International Communication Experts. The firm, which is part of a larger business, specializes in booking celebrities and publicity photos, as well as promotions for events, etc. (17) Amal has three brothers including one sibling (Tala) along with two brothers who were part of her father's previous marriage. Amal went to Dr Challoner High School (a girls grammar school in Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire) before she enrolled in University. She then studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford and was awarded an exhibition award and Shrigley Award. In the year 2000, she graduated from St Hugh's College in Oxford with a Master of Arts degree (BA) in Jurisprudence. She then entered New York University School of Law to pursue an Master of Laws degree (LL.M). The award she received was the Jack J. Katz Memorial Award to recognize her excellence in entertainment law.