ABOUT POST
Personal
Birth date: 1957
Death date: May 2, 2011
Birth place: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Birth name: Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden
Father: Muhammad Awad bin Laden, construction company executive
Mother: Hamida al-Attas
Marriages and Children:
Married to Najwa (1974-separated days before 9/11), and had children Abdullah (1976), Abdul Rahman (1978), Sa’ad(1979), Omar (1981), Osman (1983), Muhammad (1985), Fatima (1987), Iman (1990), Ladin “Bakir” (1993), Rukhaiya (1997), and Nour (1999 or 2000)
Married to Khadijah (1983-1995, divorced), and had children Ali (1984 or 1986), Amer (1990) and Aisha (1992)
Married to Khairiah (1985-2011, his death), and had child Hamza (1989 or 1991)
Married to Siham (1987-2011, his death), and had children Kadhija (1988), Khalid (1989), Miriam (1990) and Sumaiya (1992)
Married to an unknown woman (1996, annulled within days)
Married to Amal (2000-2011, his death), and had children Safiyah (2001), Aasia (2003), Ibrahim (2004), Zainab (2006) and Hussain (2008)
Education: King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, engineering, 1979
Other Facts
Bin Laden was the 17th of 52 children of construction magnate Muhammad Awad bin Laden, an immigrant from neighboring Yemen, who ran the company Saudi Binladin Group.
Muhammad Awad bin Laden became a billionaire by building his company into the largest construction firm in the Saudi kingdom.
Bin Laden married for the first time at age 17, to a Syrian cousin, Najwa.