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Latifa al-Droubi
لطيفة الدروبي

First Lady of Syria
Current
Assumed role 29 January 2025
President	Ahmed al-Sharaa
Preceded by	Asma al-Assad^[a]

Personal details
Born	Latifa al-Droubi Al-Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria
Spouse	Ahmed al-Sharaa
Children	3
^ Office vacant from 8 December 2024 to 28 January 2025.

Latifa al-Droubi (Arabic: لطيفة الدروبي) is the First Lady of Syria, having assumed the role on 29 January 2025 as the wife of Ahmed al-Sharaa, who was appointed as president in the transitional period following the fall of the Assad regime in the country.^[1]^[2]

Personal life

Al-Droubi had maintained a private life away from the public eye, despite her husband's media presence. In a meeting with a delegation of Syrian women residing in the United States, Ahmed al-Sharaa introduced her as his wife, dismissing social media rumors about having multiple spouses. He affirmed that she is his only wife.^[1]

Sources suggest that al-Droubi hails from the town of Al-Qaryatayn in the Homs Governorate. She is reportedly the mother of three children.^[1]^[3] In the Turkish media, it has been claimed that her grandfather, Alaaddin al-Droubi, was the doctor of the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II.^[4]

The newspaper,^[which?] citing "unofficial sources", reported that al-Droubi holds a master's degree in Arabic language and literature. Her family includes well-known religious figures, such as Sheikh Abdul Ghaffar Al-Droubi who was a renowned Quran reciter from Syria who passed away in Jeddah in 2009.^[5]^[6]

Public image

Reports indicated that she wears the traditional Syrian attire for hijabi women and does not wear niqab, contrary to previous speculation.^[7] Those reports were confirmed on 3 February 2025, as social media platforms circulated footage of her performing the Umrah pilgrimage in Mecca alongside her husband during his first official visit to Saudi Arabia.^[8]^[9] On 4 February, Emine Erdoğan posted a photo with al-Droubi as she had arrived in Turkey alongside her husband as part of a state visit.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Noura al-Jendi (31 January 2025). "وحدة ما فيه غيرها.. "لطيفة" زوجة الشرع وحياته تشغل التواصل" [Only One Wife.. "Latifa" Al-Sharaa and His Life Spark Social Media Buzz]. Al Arabiya (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 February 2025.
^ Sally Shakkour (4 February 2025). "Who is Latifa, wife of Ahmed al-Sharaa?". Al Bawaba. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
^ Khaled al-Saadi (30 January 2025). "من هي لطيفة الشرع؟ زوجة قائد الإدارة السورية الجديدة تخطف الأنظار في أول ظهور لها" [Who is Latifa al-Sharaa? Wife of the New Syrian Leader Captures Attention in Her First Appearance]. WatanSerb (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 February 2025.
^ "Ahmed Şara'nın eşinin dedesi Abdülhamid'in doktoru çıktı!" [Ahmed al-Sharaa's wife's grandfather turned out to be Abdulhamid's doctor!]. Sözcü (in Turkish). 5 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
^ "لطیفہ الدروبی: 'معروف مذہبی خاندان' سے تعلق رکھنے والی شام کی خاتونِ اول" [Latifa al-Droubi: The First Lady of Syria from a 'Well-Known Religious Family']. BBC Urdu (in Urdu). 7 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
^ Carroll, Rosaleen (4 February 2025). "Sharaa's wife, Latifa Droubi, makes first appearance outside Syria: What we know". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
^ "زوجة أحمد الشرع من تكون؟ جدل واسع على مواقع التواصل" [Who is Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Wife? Widespread Debate on Social Media]. Al Arab (in Arabic). 31 January 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
^ "Watch: The First Public Appearance of Ahmad al-Sharaa's Wife". MTV Lebanon. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
^ "Video reveals first public appearance of Latifa al-Daroubi, wife of Syrias Ahmed al-Sharaa". LBCIV7. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
^ "First image emerges of Ahmed Al-Sharaa's wife in Turkey". The New Arab. 5 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.

Notes

Honorary titles
Preceded by Asma al-Assad (2024)	First Lady of Syria 2025–present	Incumbent

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