Vogue Defends Profile of Syrian First Lady
The leading fashion magazine talks through its rationale for running a flattering story on the wife of anti-American autocrat Bashar al-Assad More »
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Max Fisher is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.
The leading fashion magazine talks through its rationale for running a flattering story on the wife of anti-American autocrat Bashar al-Assad More »
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