I whanau a Assad ko Asma Akhras i te 11 o Akuhata 1975 i Rānana ki a Fawaz Akhras, he tohunga ngakau i te Whare Hauora o Cromwell, me tana wahine ko Sahar Akhras (née Otri), he kaitono kua reti nei i mahi hei Hekeretari Tuatahi i te Embassy o Hiria i Rānana. Ko ona maatua he Mahometa Sunni me te uri o Hiria, no te taone nui o Homs.I tipu ake ia i Acton, Rānana, i reira ia i haere ki Twyford Church of England High School, a muri mai he kura motuhake mo nga kotiro, Queen's College, Rānana. I puta ia i te King's College i Rānana i te 1996 me te tohu tohu tuatahi o te Karahi o te Pūtaiao i roto i te pūtaiao rorohiko me te tohu tohu i roto i nga tuhinga French. E korero ana ia i te reo Ingarihi, Arapi, French me te Paniora.
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