Amal Clooney

Amal Alamuddin Clooney was born in Beirut, Lebanon. The Arabic word that means "hope" is'ml. She was only two when her family relocated to Buckinghamshire from Lebanon in the Lebanese Civil War. Ramzi Alamuddin received his MBA from the American University of Beirut. Ramzi Alamuddin was a Lebanese Druze that was from Baakline village which is part of the Alam al-Din dynasty in Chouf District. Following the end of the civil war in 1991 and he relocated 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 was a political journalist as well as foreign editor for the Saudi-owned newspaper al-Hayat. The newspaper was founded by her International Communication Experts. The firm, which is part of a larger business, specializes in booking celebrity guests and publicity photos, as well as promotions for events, etc. (17) Amal has three siblings including one sibling (Tala) and two half-brothers who were part of her father's first marriage. Amal attended Dr Challoner's High School in Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire before going to university. After graduating in St Hugh's College in Oxford with an Exhibition Grant, as well as the Shrigley Award, she studied at St Hugh's College. The graduate received an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in the field of jurisprudence in. Following that she began her studies at New York University School of Law for graduation with a Master of Laws Degree (LL.M). She was awarded the Jack J. Katz Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in entertainment law.While at NYU she spent one term in the office of Sonia Sotomayor, then a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and NYU Law faculty participant.