Najwa Ghanem

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Najwa Ghanem
نجوى غانم
Born1960 (age 61–62)
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1974; separated 2001)​
ChildrenAt least 11, including Abdallah, Saad, Omar

Najwa Ghanem (Arabic: نجوى غانم; born c. 1960),[1] is a Syrian woman who was the first wife and first cousin of Osama bin Laden, being the daughter of his mother's brother. She is also known as Um Abdallah (mother of Abdallah).[2] She was born to Ibrahim and Nabeeha in Latakia, Syria, and her family was originally from Yemen. She had five siblings.[1] Osama married Najwa in 1974 at the age of fourteen in Latakia. She travelled with Osama to Sudan and Afghanistan. According to Abu Jandal, she left Afghanistan before September 11 attacks and did not return.[2] According to Najwa and her son Omar bin Laden, she left Afghanistan on September 9, 2001.[3] In 2005, Hutaifa Azzam, son of Abdullah Azzam, stated that she was living in Damascus with her son Abdel Rahman.[2] She is the mother of 11 children, including Omar, Abdallah, Saad, Abdul Rahman, Osman, Mohammed, Fatima, Iman, Ladin, Rukhaiya and Nour.[4] She co-authored Growing Up bin Laden with Omar.[5] Her daughter Iman who was released by Iran in 2010 went to live with her in Syria.[6] According to a close family member in 2011, Najwa's mother died of shock and grief after hearing of her son-in-law's death.[7]

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  1. ^ a b Najwa bin Laden, Omar bin Laden, Jean Sasson. Growing Up Bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World. p. 16, 292.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c L. Bergen, Peter (2006-01-20). The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader. Simon & Schuster. p. 402. ISBN 9780743295925.
  3. ^ Najwa bin Laden, Omar bin Laden, Jean Sasson. Growing Up Bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World. p. 414.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Najwa bin Laden, Omar bin Laden, Jean Sasson. Growing Up Bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World. p. 415-421.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Andrew Lee Butters (27 October 2009) Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Son Speaks Time. Accessed 24 December 2009.
  6. ^ Setrakian, Lara. "Iran Finally Releases Osama's Daughter". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2021-02-04.
  7. ^ Theodoulou, Michael. "Osama bin Laden's mother-in-law 'collapsed and died on news of his death'". The National. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
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