Abdallah bin Osama bin Mohammed bin 'Awad bin Laden (; born 1976) is the eldest son of

Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden (10 March 19572 May 2011) was a militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, Bin Laden participated in the Afghan ''mujahideen'' against the Soviet Union, and support ...

and Osama's first wife, a Syrian woman named Najwa. He is not to be confused with at least three other 'Abdullah bin Ladens: Osama bin Laden's half-brother Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Laden (born 1966), nor Osama's uncle 'Abdullah bin 'Awad bin Laden (c. 1913-2002), nor Osama's cousin, another 'Abdullah bin 'Awad bin Laden, who was possibly the son of one of Osama's aunts and was the director of the US branch of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), located in Virginia, from 1992 to 2002.

Early life

'Abdallah bin Osama bin Laden was born in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. In 1984, when he was just eight, his father took him to Afghanistan to introduce him to the anticommunist struggle of the mujahideen. After his father had moved the family to Sudan, 'Abdallah became disenchanted with the harsh life and disputed his father's banning of any refrigerator in their home. He married a cousin and moved back to Jiddah in 1995, not remaining in touch with his father after that. Osama was so displeased with him that he avoided mentioning his son's name again.

Current activities

Bin Laden runs his own firm, Fame Advertising, in

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. He is closely watched by the Saudi government, which restricted his travel from

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at least for a time from 1996. Bin Laden, who in a 2001 interview claimed the media picture of his father was distorted, is known to dine occasionally with his father's half-brother, Saudi Binladin Group chairman Bakr bin Laden, at the

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in Jeddah. According to a document leaked in 2015 by

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, Abdallah had requested the

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of his father from the United States embassy in Saudi Arabia. The embassy later told him that no death certificate was issued for Osama.

References

1970s births Year of birth uncertain Living people Saudi Arabian businesspeople Saudi Arabian people of Yemeni descent Saudi Arabian people of Syrian descent Abdallah {{SaudiArabia-bio-stub

Early life

Current activities

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