Will Asma al-Assad take a stand or stand by her man? - CNN

Vogue's spring 2011 profile of Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was highly controversial. The piece called the British-born 36-year-old a "rose in the desert" but didn't mention Syria's abysmal human rights record. - Will Asma al-Assad take a stand?
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