How did Amal Alamuddin win George Clooney’s heart?
By Liz Reichart, A&E Editor //
Hollywood’s hottest bachelor is off the market for good this time. That’s right moms, George Clooney, darling of the screen and international film scene is a married man. On Sept. 29, 2014, Amal Alamuddin and George Clooney married at Venice’s city hall in Venice, Italy, following a star-studded wedding ceremony two days earlier, also in Venice. They were married by Clooney’s friend Walter Veltroni, the former mayor of Rome. But just who is this mystery woman we the public know so little about? Amal Ramzi Alamuddin is a London-based British-Lebanese lawyer, activist, and author. She is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, specialising in international law, criminal law, human rights, and extradition. Previously known to date supermodels and actresses, George Clooney has clearly deviated from his normal type, as Alamuddin is acclaimed in the field of law. Her clients include Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, in his fight against extradition. She has also represented the former prime minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko. She has lectured students on international criminal law at SOAS (University of London), The New School in New York City, The Hague Academy of International Law, and more locally, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Alamuddin is fluent in Arabic, English and French.
The new Mrs. Clooney has proven to be an activist in her own right. In May 2014, Alamuddin met with Foreign Secretary William Hague and a group of leading female campaigners “to discuss how to drive forward international action to protect children in conflict zones from rape and sexual violence” before the June 2014 Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. Ironically, in November of 1995, during one of his phases of model and actress dating, George Clooney said during a Barbara Walters interview “I won’t get married again because I wasn’t very good at it.” Talk about a total eclipse of the heart!
This is an incredible feat for women everywhere, whether they realize it or not. Amal Alamuddin not only has no ties to Hollywood, but far more importantly, her merits are due to her intelligence and hard work. Published in numerous books, her accomplishments stand on her own. She won’t just be known as George Clooney’s wife, overshadowed as an afterthought or just another pretty face; she’ll inspire men and women alike to embrace individual accomplishment. Amal Alamuddin has an unrelenting perserverance, and has acheived all that she has by working so hard in school and throughout her career. So don’t be fooled by that custom Oscar de la Renta wedding gown Alamuddin wore that night she became George Clooney’s wife. She’s not all about that glitz and glam life. If anything, she’s more like what you and I aspire to be than we even realize!