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Turns Out The Syrian Regime Paid for Asma el Assad’s Vogue Profile
August 5, 2011 · Mustapha Hamoui
The Syrian government hired an international public-relations firm to help coordinate a Vogue magazine profile for Asma al-Assad, Syria’s first lady. Brown Lloyd James agreed to a $5,000-per-month contract with the presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic in November 2010 to help with the interview and photo shoot for a glowing profile of al-Assad by the high-profile fashion magazine
Oh, so it wasn’t because Vogue was impressed with Asma the “rose in the desert” ? Anyway, Vogue was eventually shamed into unceremoniously taking down the profile from their website in the wake of the Syrian uprising. (Via Angie)