Amal alamuddin interview julian assange biography
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EXCLUSIVE - Wikileaks' lawyer goes to the White House: The night George Clooney took Julian Assange's stunning British lawyer to meet Obama at private screening of Monuments Men
- Oscar winner has publicly denied dating Amal Alamuddin - and said they're working together on a 'satellite program over Syria'
- But the couple looked close at private White House event last week
- The pair were seen together at posh D.C. hotel following the event which Clooney's parents Nick and Nina also attended
- Miss Alamuddin has been representing Julian Assange over his sexual assault extradition proceedings
- She was voted No.1 on London's 'Hottest Barrister' list last year
- The White House will make no comment on Miss Alamuddin's attendance
By SARA NATHAN
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George Clooney has taken striking British barrister Amal Alamuddin – who represents WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange - to meet President Obama at the White House, MailOnline can reveal.
In a move that will prov
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Most celebrity humanitarians—including Bono, Oprah, and Angelina Jolie—were famous before they were advocates. Not so for Amal Clooney. She went from a respected international human-rights lawyer to one of the planet’s most recognizable faces when she married a certain Oscar-winning George in September While the elevated public profile hampers how well she can keep some facts private (like that she’s expecting twins), it has improved her ability to call attention to marginalized groups, one of the most essential aspects of her job. Thanks to Clooney, even tabloids on either side of the pond now report on the Yazidi women who have been kidnapped, raped, and enslaved at the hands of ISIL.
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You can ring Mike Oldfield's bell, or borrow a cup of sugar from Theresa May, or, directly opposite, debate the Arts and Crafts Movement with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, whose house is a prized example of William Morris's vision. Next door, in a futuristic glass box, is computing entrepreneur Max McNeill. Uri Geller has been here for 35 years, in an enormous mansion modelled on the White House, where Michael Jackson used to stay (though Geller has moved back to Israel and has put his home up for sale - Brad Pitt and Taylor Swift are said to be interested).
The countryside is not Amal's natural habitat. She grew up in a Buckinghamshire suburb and, after Oxford, spent nine years in New York, where she attended the NYU School of Law, and then worked at the International Court of Justice. But then, this isn't exactly Exmoor. There are pavements, and rail connections, and an astonishing number of gastro places. She and George have already been seen taking romantic wa