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==Asma al-Assad Controversy==

The U.S. edition of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' in its March 2011 issue published Buck's profile of [[Asma al-Assad]], wife of Syrian President [[Bashar al-Assad]], describing her as "glamorous, young and very chic—the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies."<ref name=WPFarhi>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/vogue-profile-on-assads-wife-disappears/2012/04/25/gIQAgMWthT_story.html|work=The Washington Post|first=Paul|last=Farhi|title=Vogue's flattering article on Syria's first lady is scrubbed from Web|date=2012-04-26}}</ref> The piece caused a furor within foreign policy circles,<ref name=WPFarhi/> and publications and web sites including ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' and ''[[The Atlantic]]'' attacked it as an ill-timed "[[puff piece]]" that ignored human rights abuses under Syria's [[Ba'athist]] regime.<ref name=WSJWeissF>{{cite news|last=Weiss|first=Bari|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704506004576174623822364258.html|title=Weiss and Feith: The Dictator's Wife Wears Louboutins - WSJ.com|publisher=Online.wsj.com|date=2011-03-07|accessdate=2012-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/02/vogue-defends-profile-of-syrian-first-lady/71764/|title=Vogue Defends Profile of Syrian First Lady - Max Fisher - International|publisher=The Atlantic|date=2012-04-06|accessdate=2012-04-12}}</ref> In May 2011 the article was removed from ''Vogue's'' website.<ref name=WPFarhi/> Buck later published an article on the assignment in ''[[Daily Beast Newsweek|Newsweek]]'' that described, among other things, how the article had "destroyed her livelihood" as her long-standing contract with ''Vogue'' had not been renewed;<ref name=DB>http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/07/29/joan-juliet-buck-my-vogue-interview-with-syria-s-first-lady.html</ref> she has since been vocal on [[Twitter]] about developments in Syria.<ref name=Twitter>{{cite news|url=https://twitter.com/JoanJulietBuck|first=Joan|last=Juliet Buck|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=2012-08-10}}</ref><ref name=DB/><ref name="WWDmaza"/>. The article further argued that: "The name [of Syria] itself sounded sinister, like syringe, or hiss." Buck's Newsweek article was widely dismissed, with Michael Young writing that "Buck does an abysmal job of explaining why someone well versed in the crimes of Assad’s rule could have written such a flattering article anyway, at the behest of a PR company no less."<ref>http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=424701#ixzz23zjFe7pH </ref> An article in The Guardian argued that "somehow, the mea culpa is almost as disastrous as the initial interview."<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/shortcuts/2012/jul/31/asma-alassad-vogue-blame-game?newsfeed=true</ref>

==Personal life==