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Amal Clooney
The gist
Amal Clooney attended the 83rd Venice Film Festival with George Clooney.
Her fashion and career moves draw coverage beyond her Hollywood marriage.
How it unfolded
- 1978Amal, whose name means 'hopes' in Arabic, was born in Lebanon.
- Age twoAmal and her family fled Lebanon due to the Lebanese Civil War, settling in Buckinghamshire, Britain.
- 2002Amal started her legal career in New York City at Sullivan and Cromwell LP, specialising in criminal defence before moving to The Hague to work at the International Courts of Justice.