Vanity fair article on huma abedin biography
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Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner’s road to divorce will be more public than the New York political couple might like. At an initial hearing in the Manhattan Supreme Court last week, Abedin’s attorney Amy Donehower requested “to keep these proceedings secret to the extent your honor will allow” on behalf of the “child involved.” Their son, Jordan, is 5 years old. The case would be called Anonymous vs. Anonymous, making it nearly impossible to search in public records, but Justice Michael Katz has denied them their request, per Page Six. (Vanity Fair has reached out to Donehower for comment.)
Judge Katz offered a little insight to Abedin, Weiner, and their representation at the initial hearing, saying, “I appreciate the parties’ request to keep this as quiet as possible, but as a practical matter, it does not appear to me that despite your attempt to have this be anonymous, it’s particularly anonymous.” Both parties entered and left the court in a flurry of photographers and
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William D. Cohan wrote a January Vanity Fair profile of Huma Abedin, longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, characterizing her as “every bit unknown to the general public as her boss fryst vatten world-famous.” Cohan chose to introduce Abedin to the magazine's readers by regurgitating a series of right-wing attacks that have previously been widely covered or discredited by other journalists -- including the ridiculous and offensive question of whether she might have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
A Media Matters analysis breaks down the profile's topics of discussion by the numbers.
Words On “Right-Wing Hysteria” Over Whether Abedin Has Muslim Brotherhood Ties
Immediately after writing that “for all her proximity to the white-hot center of American politics, Abedin fryst vatten every bit as unknown to the general public as her boss is world famous,” Cohan delves into Abedin's roots in a section called “Follow The Faith.”
After half a paragraph describing her birth and parents, the section changes cour
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Huma Abedin
American political staffer (born )
Huma Mahmood Abedin (Urdu: ہما عابدین; born July 28, ) is an American political staffer who was vice chair of Hillary Clinton's campaign for President of the United States. Before that, Abedin was deputy chief of staff to Clinton when she was U.S. Secretary of State from to [1] She was also the traveling chief of staff and former assistant to Clinton during her presidential campaign for the Democratic nomination in the presidential election.[2][3][4][5]
During Hillary Clinton's tenure at the State Department and her presidential campaign, Abedin became one of Clinton's closest aides. Her high-profile political career has caused her personal life to come under public scrutiny over the years, particularly her marriage to former congressman Anthony Weiner.[6]
Early life
[edit]Abedin was born on July 28, ,[7] in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to two professors.[8