Asma al-Assad (Arabic: أسماء الأسد, Levantine pronunciation: [ʔasˈmaːʔ elˈʔasad]; née Akhras, Arabic: أسماء فواز الأخرس: [ˈʔasma fawˈwaːz elˈʔaxras]; born 11 August 1975) is the First Lady of Syria. Born in London to Syrian parents, she is married to the 19th and current President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad.Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Assad graduated from King's College London in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in computer science and French literature. She had a career in investment banking and was set to begin an MBA at Harvard University when she married Bashar al-Assad in December 2000. Wikipedia