Amal Clooney

Amal Alamuddin Clooney grew up in Beirut, Lebanon. Her birthplace was Beirut, Lebanon. Arabic name'ml amal meaning "hope". Her family left Lebanon when she was two years old, during the Lebanese Civil War, and relocated to Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Ramzi Alamuddin is a Lebanese Druze that hails from Baakline which is a village located within the Chouf District of the Alam al-Din Dynasty. He earned an MBA at the American University of Beirut. The civil war came to an end in 1991, [12]13], he returned to Lebanon. 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 served as an foreign editor as well as a political journalist at the Saudi-run al-Hayat newspaper. She established the public relations firm International Communication Experts. This company is a component of an even larger firm which specializes in arranging celebrities photographers, publicity and event promotions. 17 years old Amal has three siblings including one sibling (Tala) and two half-brothers who were part of her father's first marriage. Amal went to Dr Challoner's school located in Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire before going to university. After graduating of St Hugh's College in Oxford with an Exhibition Grant as well as the Shrigley Award, she studied at St Hugh's College. In the year 2000, she graduated from the St. Hugh's College in Oxford, with a bachelor of Arts degree (BA) in Jurisprudence. [citation needed] In the next year, she attended New York University School of Law to pursue that Master of Laws (LL.M) degree. She was awarded with the Jack J. Katz Memorial Award in recognition of excellence in entertainment law.