Growing up Bin Laden

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Cover Title Page Copyright Notice Contents Dedication Acknowledgments Map A Note to the Reader Part I: Early Days in Saudi Arabia 1. Najwa: My Youth 2. Najwa: Married Life Jean: A Note Regarding Osama bin Laden’s Political Activities 3. Najwa: Mother of Many Sons 4. Omar: Born the Son of Osama bin Laden 5. Najwa: Marriage Surprises 6. Omar: Growing Up bin Laden 7. Omar: Moving to Medina 8. Najwa: Many Children for Osama Jean: A Note Regarding Osama bin Laden’s Political Activities 9. Omar: The Nightmare Begins Part II: Our Life in Khartoum 10. Najwa: To Africa 11. Najwa: Family Affairs 12. Omar: Golden Times in Khartoum 13. Omar: The Scent of Death 14. Omar: Journey into the Unknown Jean: A Note Regarding Osama bin Laden’s Political and Militant Activities Part III: Afghanistan 15. Omar: Retreat to Afghanistan 16. Omar: Tora Bora Mountain 17. Najwa: A Far, Far Country 18. Omar: My Father’s Army 19. Najwa: Mountain Life 20. Omar: The Violence Escalates 21. Omar: Real War 22. Omar: Jihad Vacation 23. Omar: True Terror 24. Omar: The Tightening Noose 25. Najwa: Young Marriage 26. Omar: The Beginning of the End 27. Najwa: To Syria 28. Omar: Return to Saudi Arabia 29. Najwa: Leaving Afghanistan Forever 30. Omar: September 11, 2001 Final Comments by Jean Sasson Postscript Appendix A: Osama bin Laden’s Family: Who Were They? What Happened to Them? Appendix B: Osama bin Laden Chronology Appendix C: Al-Qaeda Chronology: 1988–2008 Index Also by Jean Sasson Praise for Growing Up bin Laden Copyright