@Lionel-Hutz saidAssad's paternal grandfather, Ali al-Assad, managed to change his status from peasant to minor notable and, to reflect this, in 1927 he had changed the family name from "Wahsh" (meaning "Savage" ) to "Al-Assad" (the lion).
*MOST*
Yah, I forgot that. Damn dyslexia.
So, as I was saying: Assad is the world's most famous dentist. He is the Maradona of dentistry.
Statues of him should be built in front of schools where they teach those licensed modern torturers of the mouth.
FROM WIKI.
The previous Family name was more accurate.