ExSyrian first lady was more cutthroat than Assad, demanded editorial control over scrubbed Vogue story
News Source : New York Post
News Summary
- Asma al-Assad once demanded full editorial control over a controversial Vogue spread
- Anna Wintour’s magazine published a gushing, 2,000-word interview and glossy photo shoot with Asma, only for the story to be scrubbed from the Web weeks later
- The article, which called the Assads “wildly democratic,” was published two months after the Arab Spring uprising
Asma alAssad, Syrias nowousted first lady, was known as the Imelda Marcos of Syria and is much more cutthroat than her notorious dictator husband once demanding full editorial controlover a c [+7167 chars]
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