Asma al-Assad is a very powerful woman and the brains behind the structure of the Syrian government. She is the great wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. She was a well educated woman from one of the most prestigious schools in London and before her marriage had honed her trade in finance.
The First Lady of Syria has been instrumental in leading and implementing government policies that deal with economic and social growth. Although her husband’s governance had ground to a halt after the unrest began in the country, Asma al-Assad continued to update the world of activities in her country via her Instagram account.
Asma al-Assad – Bio
Asma al-Assad, born Asma Akhras in London,England on August 11, 1975 to Syrian parents. Her father’s name is Fawaz Akhras and her mother’s name is Sahar Akhras. Her father is a cardiologist while her mother is a retired Syrian diplomat who is the First Secretary of the Syrian Embassy in London. She is both an English citizen and a Syrian citizen. She was born and raised in Acton, London.
In 1996 she graduated from King’s College, London with a first class degree in Computer Science. She also has a second degree in French literature.
Asma al-Assad is multilingual, being fluent in English, Spanish, French and Arabic.
After graduating, she began her career as a banker in the banking sector. After securing her job at Deutsche Bank, she set out to pursue an MBA from Harvard University. Before she could do that, she met Bashar while on vacation at her aunt’s house in Damascus in November 2000, and the rest, as they say, is history.
your marriage and children
Asma al-Assad was married to her husband Bashar al-Assad in December 2000. Their marriage produced no less than three lovely children: Hafez al-Assad (son), Zein al-Assad, a daughter and their last child named Karim al -Assad. These children were born in 2001, 2003 and 2004, respectively.
After taking office as her country’s first lady, Asma al-Assad engaged in social and economic activities that helped boost the Syrian economy. She traveled to more than a hundred villages in Syria, chatted with the local people, initiated development policies and founded some charities.
She founded many aid organizations under the Syrian Development Policy Trust Fund. This is the Syrian government’s charity. Some of these organizations include, but are not limited to, BASMA (Help for Children with Cancer), SHABAB (Business Skills for Youth), FIRDOS (Microcredit for Rural Communities), RAWAFED (Cultural Development), and Syrian Disability Organizations to name just a few.
After the civil war broke out and intensified in 2012, her image and reputation came under serious criticism. She was criticized for remaining silent during the upcoming civil war. She had only been seen in public on March 18, 2013, when she was seen at an opera house in Damascus. This erased the rumor that she had fled the country. In fact, the European Union has embargoed her accounts and imposed travel restrictions on her and her family. You are not allowed to travel to any European country. The only place she has been allowed to enter is England as she is also a citizen there.
After her performance in 2013, she started updating her Instagram account regularly. She uploads pictures in which she is socially committed.
Facts about Bashar Al-Assad’s wife
1. Fortune
The 5 ft 6 in (1.70m) tall First Lady really swims with big bucks. We firmly believe that Asma al-Assad is worth no less than $50 million in cash and assets while her husband is worth more than $1.5 billion.
2. Diagnosed with cancer
Asma al-Assad was reportedly diagnosed with breast cancer. The beautiful mother of three has already started treatment since August 8, 2018 as her condition is happily in the early stages.
3. She loves theater productions
She has a soft spot for theater shows. Asma loves opera and cinema and goes to them as often as she can. In fact, the next place she was seen after disappearing from public view was a theater.
4. Rejected offers of asylum
She once told Russian television in 2016 that she had been offered refuge outside her country with the protection of her children, but she declined. She explained it was a direct attempt to make people lose faith in her.