On February 25, 2011, when the Arab Spring was shaking the Middle East, had toppled Mubarak, Ben-Ali and Ghadafi and begun to tickle the nose of Syrian President Bashar Assad, American fashion magazine Vogue published an profile of Asma Assad on its website. The headline crowned the Syrian first lady as "Rose of the Desert," and referred to the couple as modern, family-oriented and...
Former Vogue journalist: Asma Assad tricked me
Vogue magazine and writer Joan Juliet Buck were heavily criticized for publishing an image-improving profile of Syrian President Bashar Assad's wife in February 2011, when the Arab Spring was shaking the Middle East.
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