Emma is a high achieving, middle class woman from West London – she’s destined for a successful career and a comfortable British life. But in 2001 she makes a decision that will come to define her – she marries the son of a dictator and becomes Asma al-Assad, the first lady of Syria.
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We call her Emma is a 6 part original series from Tortoise Investigates and The Observer.
Reporter – Chloe Hadjimatheou
Producer – Gary Marshall
Field producer – Sarah Dadouch
Sound design – Karla Patella
Podcast artwork – Lola Williams & Eliza Bourner
Executive producers – Jasper Corbett and Basia Cummings
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