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Medina
holiness of, 54
home in, 68
move to, 54, 305
Omar on, 68
memory
Koran and, 42
oral history v., xiii–xiv
modern conveniences
Osama against, 43, 60, 115, 125
toilets and, 227–28
modern prescription drugs
asthma v., 60, 141
malaria v., 102
Mogadishu attack, 308
Mohammed (Fatima’s husband)
death of, 296
as escort, 268–69
marriage of, 259–60
Morocco attacks, 316
mosque(s)
attendance at, 17–18, 43, 47–48
collapse of, 211–12
Grand Mosque attack, 303
lectures at, 221–23
Osama’s attendance at, 17–18, 43, 47–48
Osama’s speaking at, 84
prayers at, 18
women and, 18
mother(s). See also specific mothers
marriage arrangement and, 12–13
of Najwa, 5–6, 13
Najwa as, 41, 282–83
rada (milk mother) as, 105
Mubarak, Hosni, 130, 286
assassination attempt on, 135–36, 145, 295, 309
Mujahideen, 30
in Afghanistan, 72–73, 303, 304
arrest of, political activities against, 83–84
bin Laden sons and, 112–13
definition of, 72
against dogs, 133–34
at family farm, 83–84
influx of, 178, 192–94
loyalty of, 112–13, 144
Mullah Omar as, 158–59
Muslims as, 72–73
older v. younger, 178–79
Osama and, 106, 112–13, 303, 306
as outcasts, 112
Sudan for, 144–45
U.S. for, 73, 77
Muslims. See also Christians; Jews
America and, 193–94
blame for, 213
Haj attack on, 303
Mujahid as, 72
Mujahideen as, 72–73
against premarital sex, 178
violence against, 27, 194
world rulership by, 177
Naji. See Ghanem, Naji
Najwa. See bin Laden, Najwa Ghanem
Najwa (childhood)
Allia and, 8–9
ancestors of, 4–5
art for, 7
bicycling for, 7
chores of, 5
discipline and, 5–6
education for, 6–7
father of, 3–4, 5
fear of snakes, 3–4, 204
food for, 5
hobbies of, 7
home of, 3
imagination for, 7
mother of, 5–6, 13, 292
music for, 7
Naji and, 3–4
neighborhood of, 4
Osama and, 8–9, 10, 302
poverty and, 6
pride of, 5
sharing by, 6–7
siblings of, 3
tennis for, 7
Yemen and, 4
National Islamic Front, 135
nature, for Osama, 20–21, 43–44, 96–97
Nile River, 120–22, 232–33
9/11 acceptance and, 285, 289–90
bin Laden family and, 284–85
Bush and, 285
denial and, 284–85, 289–90
Haadi and, 284
Osama’s location after, 286, 313
al-Qaeda and, 312–13
responsibility for, 290
Tora Bora after, 313
U.S. retaliation for, 285–86, 313
World Trade Center and, 312, 316
Northern Alliance, 155
Massoud and, 216
Nourallah, Mullah
affection of, towards Osama, 151–52
Afghanistan’s welcoming from, 149–50
assassination of, 173–74
background of, 149
dog from, 176, 184
home from, 151–53, 184
mourning for, 176
Nowari, Azza, 129
Obaiy bin Kahab School, 71
Omar’s return to, 275
Omar. See bin Laden, Omar Osama; Osama with Omar
Omar, Mullah Mohammed
appearance of, 245–46
assassination attempt on, 244–45
background of, 158–59
disrespect from, 248
for expulsion, 247
faith of, 244–45
heroin and, 158
meeting with, 201
protection of, 175, 192, 244, 311
visit by, 245–48
oral history, memory v., xiii–xiv
Osama. See also political activities; political/militant activities
on aging, 224
Allia and, 8, 166, 251–52, 254, 292
against America, 145, 176–77, 194
annulled marriage of, 293, 309
assassination attempt on, 123–26
for austerities, 61–62, 99–100, 116, 173
BBC for, 199
broken pledge by, 85
character of, 38, 122, 129, 141
civilians v., 237
Dictaphone for, 165
disability of, 159–60
divorce and, 267, 282
drinks for, 164–65
English for, 108
family concerns for, 151
family farm and, 43–44
fatwa from, 310
favorite items of, 165
fourth wife for, 53
friends of, 198–99
gardening by, 43, 96–97
health of, 102, 159–60, 172
help from, 47–48, 58
horses for, 33–34, 43, 57–59, 113–14, 243–44, 253
humiliation and, 121, 141, 163–64
against Israel, 313
for Jihad, 248–49
location of, after 9/11, 286, 313
Massoud and, 155
mental skills of, 42
against modern conveniences, 43, 60, 115, 125
mosque’s speeches by, 84
Mujahideen and, 106, 112–13, 303, 306
Najwa’s trust for, 91, 180–81, 183, 187, 281–82
nature for, 20–21, 43–44, 96–97
Nourallah’s affection for, 151–52
Omar about, 40–42
poverty for,