What is Asma al-Assad?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = Asma al-Assad | native_name = {{No bold|أَأسماء الأسد}} | image = Asma al-Assad.jpg | caption = Assad in 2003 | president = [[Bashar al-Assad]] | office = [[First Lady of Syria]] | term_label = In role | term_start = 13 December 2000 | term_end = 8 December 2024 | predecessor = [[Anisa Makhlouf]] | successor = [[Latifa al-Sharaa]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|8|11}} | birth_place = [[London]], England | birth_name = Asma Fawaz Akhras | nationality = {{hlist|Syrian|British}} | spouse = {{marriage|[[Bashar al-Assad]]|2000}} | father = [[Fawaz Akhras]] | mother = Sahar Otri | children = {{hlist|[[Hafez Bashar al-Assad|Hafez]]|Zein|Karim}} | alma_mater = [[King's College London]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]]) | relations = }} '''Asma Fawaz al-Assad''' ({{lang-ar|أَسْمَاءُ ٱلْأَسَدِ|ʾAsmāʾ al-ʾAsad}}, <small>[[Levantine Arabic|Levantine]] pronunciation:</small> {{IPA-ar|asˈmaː elˈasad|}}; {{née|'''Akhras'''}}, {{lang-ar|أَسْمَاءُ فَوَّازِ ٱلْأَخْرَسِ|ʾAsmāʾ Fawwāz al-ʾAḵras}}: {{IPA-ar|ˈasma fawˈwaːz elˈʔax.ras|}}; born 11 August 1975) was the [[First Lady]] of [[Syria]] from 2000 to 2024. She was born and raised in [[London]] to Syrian parents. She is married to the [[List of Presidents of Syria|19th]] [[President of Syria]], [[Bashar al-Assad]].<ref>{{cite news|date=24 March 2012|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/assad-s-british-wife-targeted-by-eu-as-annan-pursues-talks-on-ceasefire-1-2194030|title=Assad's British wife targeted by EU as Annan pursues talks on ceasefire|work=[[The Scotsman]]|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref><ref name=Ramdani1>{{cite news |title=Is Asma Assad in London? |last=Ramdani |first=Nabila |date=10 May 2011 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/8503481/Is-Asma-Assad-in-Lon