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Clooney in 2015, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Amal Ramzi Alamuddin
Place of Birth: Beirut, Lebanon
Date of Birth: 3 February, 1978
Ethnicity: Lebanese Arab, Lebanese Druze
Amal Clooney, also known as Amal Alamuddin, is a Lebanese-born British human rights lawyer, activist, and writer.
Her mother, Bariaa/Baria (Miknass/Meknas), is the foreign editor of the Arab newspaper al-Hayat. Her father, Ramzi Alamuddin, was a professor of business studies at the American University of Beirut. Her father is of Druze background, from the town of Baakline, Lebanon, near Beirut; and is of the Alam al-Din dynasty. Her mother is from a Sunni Muslim Lebanese family, from Tripoli, Lebanon. During the 1980s, Amal’s family left Lebanon for London, and they settled in Gerrards Cross. Amal has three younger siblings; a sister, Tala, and two brothers, Samer and Ziad.
Amal is married to American actor George Clooney , with whom she has two children.
Amal’s paternal grandfather was named Khalil Alamuddin.
Amal’s paternal grandmother was named Adel Takieddine.
Clooney in 2015, photo by Prphotos.com
Source: Genealogy of Amal Clooney (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com