# Asma Al-Assad is hot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196 "2012-04-18T19:06:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/1 "2012-04-18T19:06:20Z")
Pardon me for missing the point that she shares her life with an evil head of state. [She’s so hot.](http://english.the-syrian.com/2011/08/14/asma-al-assad-oh-where-are-you/) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/2 "2012-04-18T19:32:25Z")
Pretty enough, I guess, but from what I’ve read she’s almost as evil as Bashar. ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/3 "2012-04-18T20:44:22Z")
Beauty is a personal thing. I don’t see much attraction to her. She looks rather plain. Maybe the “girl next door” look is what the king prefers. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/4 "2012-04-18T20:49:40Z")
> [@Al\_Bundy](#): > > Beauty is a personal thing. True. I can see more attractive women walking by my office. She’s pretty, but I guess not my type. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/5 "2012-04-19T00:10:26Z")
She’s attractive, but hardly in “hot” territory. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/6 "2012-04-19T02:20:57Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > She’s pretty, but I guess not my type. You meet anyone like that (except, you know, without the evil) you’ll let me know, right? That picture in **bup** ’s link works for me. I just probably wouldn’t have started a whole thread for it. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/7 "2012-04-19T02:23:17Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Pretty enough, I guess, but from what I’ve read she’s almost as evil as Bashar. > [@PandaBear77](#): > > She’s attractive, but hardly in “hot” territory. Well, if she’s evil enough, _eventually_ she’ll be in hot territory. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/8 "2012-04-19T10:10:59Z")
Asma, eh? Bet she leaves the Pres short of breath. IfyouknowwhaddImean. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/9 "2012-04-19T13:42:03Z")
[This picture](http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/316411/20120319/asma-al-assad-syria-dictator-sanction-shopping.htm) shows her eyes a little better, and is expandable. The eyes kill me. It’s enough to distract me from being able to think how terrible she is. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/10 "2012-04-19T14:40:30Z")
Former investment banker, eh? These days, that tips towards the ‘evil’ side. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/11 "2012-04-19T15:58:42Z")
To each his own, of course, but she does zip for me. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/12 "2012-04-19T16:01:20Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > To each his own, of course, but she does zip for me. She _undoes_ zip for me! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/13 "2012-04-19T16:32:54Z")
> [@bup](#): > > [This picture](http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/316411/20120319/asma-al-assad-syria-dictator-sanction-shopping.htm) shows her eyes a little better, and is expandable. That’s a much better picture. What a gorgeous smile. Too bad it’s an evil smile. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/14 "2012-04-19T17:30:12Z")
not too hot ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/15 "2012-04-19T20:22:06Z")
Well, it is all in context. For the spouse of a head of state she is [pretty high up there](http://anushayspoint.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/424373_10151375660990858_585115857_23436350_181230901_n2.jpg). I mean, if you compare he with ladies like Thatcher, Merkel, Barbara Bush, or Hillary Clinton, then it is a no contest. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/16 "2012-04-19T21:26:11Z")
I’d take Rania the[Queen of Jordan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Rania_of_Jordan)any day. [Cite](http://movies.ndtv.com/PhotoDetail.aspx?Page=2&ID=10326) And she’s a humanitarian too! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/17 "2012-04-20T02:41:25Z")
I’d do Hillary. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/18 "2012-04-20T13:25:58Z")
She’s pretty, but no more so than millions of other women. (Asma. Not Hillary. IMO.) ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/19 "2012-04-20T13:49:13Z")
I’d hit that. With a stick no thicker than my thumb! She’s a nice bit of old, I guess. But just as with Palin, suspecting the horror that goes on behind those lovely eyes is more than enough to “shrink me like a spider on a hot stove.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asma-al-assad-is-hot/619196/20 "2012-04-20T14:12:00Z")
She’s attractive, certainly - and as a British-Syrian, I expect she’s got a nice accent. But I can think of two or three women in my own circle of friends who are roughly the same age as Ms. Assad, significantly more attractive, and actually splendid human beings. Not impressed.