Chloe Hadjimatheou

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3,299 appearances 16 recordings 2 series first heard Feb 2025 last heard 27 Aug

Chloe Hadjimatheou’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Careless | Tortoise Investigates · Asma’s deal | We call her Emma Ep4 · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

She knew about it and I think at a certain point she conciled with it. voice-verified

But she accepted the new reality that they had this kind of marriage relations between her and Bashar. voice-verified

And she had her own life and she had his own life. voice-verified

There was a sort of trade-off, I guess. voice-verified

It was a trade-off that took some time to reach. voice-verified

Ayman says that that day on the runway when she was trying to get out, Asma was told the plane didn't have the authority to take off and she allowed herself to then be escorted back to the palace. voice-verified

But she remained angry for some time. voice-verified

And you think her father was the one that made the deal? voice-verified

Asma's father, the London-based cardiologist Fawaz Akraz. voice-verified

Father and daughter are very close. voice-verified

I've spoken to people who know him and they say Asma still talks to her dad most days. voice-verified

We know he also had a direct line to the president because he crops up in that batch of hacked emails. voice-verified

He writes to Bashar offering moral support and public relations guidance, advising him on how to respond to his critics in the West. voice-verified

But in 2012, Fawaz Akraz apparently acted as a marriage counsellor. voice-verified

Maybe he couldn't stop his son-in-law being unfaithful, but he could make sure his daughter had something to take the sting out of the betrayal. voice-verified

According to Ayman, the deal he brokered was that Bashar would continue behaving as he liked, but that Asma would be given more power, more freedom, especially when it came to business. voice-verified

What choice did she have? voice-verified

In a way, I'm just trying to sort of play devil's advocate, but she tried to leave and she couldn't. voice-verified

So what choice did she have? voice-verified

Can we really hold her responsible? voice-verified

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