Osama bin Mohammed bin was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,a son of Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, a wealthy businessman with close ties to the Saudi royal family,and Mohammed bin Laden's tenth wife, Hamida al-Attas (then called Alia Ghanem In a 1998 interview, bin Laden gave his birth date as March 10, 1957Mohammed bin Laden divorced Hamida soon after Osama bin Laden was born. Mohammed recommended Hamida to Mohammed al-Attas, an associate. Al-Attas married Hamida in the late 1950s or early 1960s. The couple had four children, and bin Laden lived in the new household with three half-brothers and one half-sister The bin Laden family made $5 billion in the construction industry, of which Osama later inherited around $25-30 million Bin Laden was raised as a devout Wahhabi MuslimFrom 1968 to 1976, he attended the élite secular Al-Thager Model School He studied economics and business administration at King Abdulaziz University. Some reports suggest he earned a degree in civil engineering in 1979or a degree in public administration in 1981.[One source described him as "hard working another said he left university during his third year without completing a college degree. At university, bin Laden's main interest was religion, where he was involved in both "interpreting the Quran and jihad" and charitable work Other interests included writing poetry;[ reading, with the works of Field Marshal Montgomery and Charles de Gaulle said to be among his favorites; black stallions and football, in which he enjoyed playing at centre forwar and followed the fortunes of Arsenal F.C.
In 1974, at the age of 17, bin Laden married Najwa Ghanem at Latakia Syria they were divorced before September 11, 2001. Bin Laden's other known wives were Khadijah Sharif (married 1983, divorced 1990s), Khairiah Sabar (married 1985), Siham Sabar (married 1987), and Amal al-Sadah (married 2000). Some sources also list a sixth wife, name unknown, whose marriage to bin Laden was annulled soon after the ceremony Bin Laden fathered between 20 and 26 children with his wives. Many of bin Laden's children fled to Iran following the September 11 attacks and as of 2010 Iranian authorities reportedly continue to control their movement.Bin Laden's father Mohammed died in 1967 in an airplane crash in Saudi Arabia when his American pilot misjudged a landing. Bin Laden's eldest half-brother, Salem bin Laden, the subsequent head of the bin Laden family, was killed in 1988 near San Anton Texas, in the United States, when he accidentally flew a plane into powerr
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