Omar bin Laden Family Photo Collection
Mohammed bin Laden
The
grand patriarch of the Bin Laden family, a billionaire industrialist and father
of Osama, appears in a 1964 painting.
Omar bin Laden Family Photo Collection
Osama bin Laden
The
future terrorist posed for this portrait in 1973 at age 16, a year before he
married his cousin, Najwa.
Omar bin Laden Family Photo Collection
Omar bin Laden
The
author appears at age 6, the year the family moved to Medina and Omar started
school. Omar is the son most opposed to his father's violence. He has married a
British woman and wants to begin a peace movement.
Omar bin Laden Family Photo Collection
Omar in 1994
Omar
performs for the camera during the time his family lived in Khartoum, Sudan.
Omar bin Laden Family Photo Collection
Bin Laden in Afghanistan,
1984
When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 to prop up its
Marxist government, Osama bin Laden joined the Islamist resistance movement.
Omar bin Laden Family Photo Collection
Abdullah bin Laden
As
the eldest son of Osama bin Laden and his first wife Najwa, Abdullah holds the
most honored position of all his siblings. He is seen here working on his
father's backhoe in Sudan in 1993. He runs a small business and shuns
publicity.
Omar bin Laden Family Photo Collection
Sa'ad, Osman and Mohammed bin
Laden
The third child of Osama and Najwa, Sa'ad was rumored to be
jailed in Iran, although no one, including his mother, knows of his whereabouts.
Osman married the daughter of a high ranking member of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, a
terrorist group dedicated to the overthrow of the Egyptian state. Mohammed is
said to have the necessary traits — and parental approval — to be Osama's
successor.
Omar bin Laden Family Photo Collection
Fatima, Sa'ad, Omar, Mohammed,
Osman and Abdul Rahman
Osama arranged for his first daughter, Fatima,
to be married to a Saudi fighter at the age of 12. Her husband would die in the
American attacks on Aghanistan two years later. Abdul Rahman found it difficult
to regain Saudi nationality after it was revoked and now lives quietly in
Syria.
Omar bin Laden Family Photo Collection
Omar in 2007
Omar
appears with his beloved horse in Saudi Arabia.
Omar bin Laden Family Photo Collection
The Next Generation
Omar
holds his son Ahmed, in Jeddah, 2005.
