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Growing up bin Laden : Osama's wife and son take us inside their secret world / Najwa bin Laden, Omar bin Laden, and Jean Sasson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bin Laden, Najwa.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bin Laden, Najwa.
- Women--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
- Women.
- Saudi Arabia--Social life and customs.
- Saudi Arabia.
- Manners and customs.
- Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.
- Bin Laden, Osama.
- Bin Laden, Omar.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- Part I Early Days In Saudi Arabia 1
- 1 Najwa: My Youth 3
- 2 Najwa: Married Life 12
- Jean: A Note Regarding Osama bin Laden's Political Activities 29
- 3 Najwa: Mother of Many Sons 31
- 4 Omar: Born the Son of Osama bin Laden 38
- 5 Najwa: Marriage Surprises 49
- 6 Omar: Growing Up bin Laden 56
- 7 Omar: Moving to Medina 68
- 8 Najwa: Many Children for Osama 74
- Jean: A Note Regarding Osama bin Laden's Political Activities 77
- 9 Omar: The Nightmare Begins 79
- Part II Our Life In Khartoum 89
- 10 Najwa: To Africa 91
- 11 Najwa: Family Affairs 101
- 12 Omar: Golden Times in Khartoum 106
- 13 Omar: The Scent of Death 123
- 14 Omar: Journey into the Unknown 139
- Jean: A Note Regarding Osama bin Laden's Political and Militant Activities 144
- Part III Afghanistan 147
- 15 Omar: Retreat to Afghanistan 149
- 16 Omar: Tora Bora Mountain 157
- 17 Najwa: A Far, Far Country 180
- 18 Omar: My Father's Army 192
- 19 Najwa: Mountain Life 202
- 20 Omar: The Violence Escalates 206
- 21 Omar: Real War 219
- 22 Omar: Jihad Vacation 226
- 23 Omar: True Terror 236
- 24 Omar: The Tightening Noose 250
- 25 Najwa: Young Marriage 258
- 26 Omar: The Beginning of the End 262
- 27 Najwa: To Syria 267
- 28 Omar: Return to Saudi Arabia 274
- 29 Najwa: Leaving Afghanistan Forever 281
- 30 Omar: September 11, 2001 284
- Final Comments / Jean Sasson 287.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Mother and son give us an extraordinary view of the private life of a man both loved and feared by his family.
- ISBN:
- 9780312560164
- 0312560168
- OCLC:
- 317928640
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