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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.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bin Laden, Najwa.
Contributor:
Bin Laden, Omar.
Sasson, Jean P.
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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