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Osama/Najwa and, 267, 282
for women, 168
dogs
Abdul Rahman and, 133, 188–89
bin Laden sons and, 133–34, 187–89
Mujahideen against, 133–34
for Omar, 176, 184, 188
Prophet Mohammed against, 133, 188
dream(s)
about cow, 227
political/militant activities v., 224
romantic, for Omar, 200
Taliban and, 175
driver(s)
bin Laden sons’ mischief and, 70–71
among al-Qaeda trainees, 197
rudeness of, 166–67
sympathy from, 116
without water, 61–62
Dustum, Abdul Rashid, 155
education. See also mosque(s)
for bin Laden sons, 71–72, 95, 108–11, 127
cruelty in, 71–72
extra classes for, 111
for girls, 109–10
for Najwa, 6–7, 17, 21, 22
of Omar, 71–72, 108–11, 275–77
of Osama, 19, 29, 302, 303
sex segregation and, 109–10
wealth and, 110
Egypt. See also Mubarak, Hosni
Abdullah, Abdullah Ahmed, from, 77
al-Banshiri from, 77
al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya v., 130–31, 144–45
Egyptian Jihad, 311
Egyptians. See also Abdel Rahman, Omar; Atef, Mohammed; al-Jihad; al-Zawahiri, Ayman Muhammad for political/militant activities, 77, 144–45, 304
Eid, 44
Fahd. See al-Saud, Fahd bin abdul Aziz
Faisal, King, 19
Fajr (dawn prayer), 18
family farm
animals at, 43–44
in al-Damazin, 97
harvesting sunflowers at, 97
at al-Kuttiya, 97–98
longing for, 68
Mujahideen at, 83–84
Osama and, 43–44
raid at, 83–84
royal family and, 84
Farouk training camp
attacks on, 238–39
friends’ deaths at, 240–41
retaliation on, 238–41
visit to, 238
Fatima. See bin Laden, Fatima
Fisk, Robert, 224–25
food
for bin Laden family, 186, 215
disrespect v., 248
for escape, 255–56
fruits for, 98
growing, 96
hunting for, 98, 101
for Najwa (childhood), 5
for Osama with Omar, 165
political/militant activities v., 223–24
poverty and, 223–24
rationing of, 215
Sa’ad and, 214, 215
soft drinks, 60
water, 61–62, 186
front lines
Abdullah to, 77, 305
for land, 220
lookout at, 220–21
receivers at, 220
weapons at, 219–20
wounded at, 219
al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya
Abdel Rahman for, 130–31, 308
Egypt v., 130–31, 144–45
Mubarak assassination attempt and, 135–36
Ghanem, Ibrahim (Najwa’s father), 292–93
Ghanem, Nabeeha (Najwa’s mother), 5–6, 13, 292
Ghanem, Naji (Najwa’s brother)
Najwa and, 3–4
Osama and, as children, 9–10, 166
snake story of, 166
Ghanem family. See also specific family members
Omar to, 230–31
Ghriba synagogue attack, 316
girls
boys v., 5–6, 31–32
education for, 109–10
Omar and, 57, 258–59
as property, 56–57
Prophet Mohammed and, 57
sons v., 45–46
God
belief in, 38, 64, 91, 103, 105, 141–42, 191
graves v., 174–75
helicopter attack and, 36
Grand Mosque attack, 303
Grandfather bin Laden (bin Laden, Mohammed Awad) (Osama’s father)
abuse from, 168–69
Allia’s marriage with, 8, 40, 278, 301
Aziz and, 39–40
background on, 292, 301
character of, 38–40
children of, 40
death of, 9, 42, 167, 292, 302
divorce and, 40, 167–68, 291, 301
family of, 292
generosity of, 169
Jeddah for, 39
journeys for, 39
marriages of, 8, 40, 167–69, 278, 291, 301
Osama’s fatherhood v., 171, 190–91
unveiling wives by, 169
wives of, 8, 40, 167–69, 278, 291, 301
work of, 39–40, 168
graves, destruction of, 174–75
grenades, 208, 210–11
Haadi, Abu, 207–8
advice from, 254
death of, 286
9/11 and, 284
parting from, 280
plan v., 256
warnings of, 277–78, 279–80, 284, 311–12
Hadith, 17
Haj attack, 303
Hamdan, Salim Ahmad Salim (Sakhr al-Jadawi)
accusations against, 197–98
alias for, 198
with bin Laden sons, 199
with Omar, 216–18, 235
as Osama’s friend, 198–99
skills of, 198
Hamza. See bin Laden, Hamza
“hat game,” 44–45
Hatim, 140–43
health
accidents and, 6, 45, 243–44, 259
modern medicine v., 60, 102, 141
of Osama, 102, 159–60, 172
helicopter flying, 33
heroin, 158
horse(s)
Abdullah and, 57
Afghanistan story of, 33–34
Najwa and, 58, 181
Nile and, 121
for Omar, 47, 57–60, 86, 92, 181, 231–32
for Osama, 33–34, 43, 57–59, 113–14, 243–44, 253
humor, 35, 42, 59, 62, 163, 166
hunger, for bin Laden family, 202–3, 215, 223
Hussein, Saddam
cash demands from, 79–80
Fahd v., 80
Kuwait invasion by,