Tarek bin Mohammed bin 'Awad bin Laden (; born 1947) is the half-brother 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 a member of the
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
business community. He was once called "the personification of the dichotomy (conservatism and change) of Saudi Arabia." He started a textile business with Swedish actor
Kjell Bergqvist
Kjell Bertil Leonard Bergqvist (born 23 February 1953) is a Swedish actor.
Bergqvist finished the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in 1973 and made his debut in '' En enkel melodi'' and ''Jack''. He has since cooperated for many years with scr ...
, intending to make use of some of the large state-owned
textile mill
Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful good ...
s in Egypt, and then sell the clothing in the West. "It didn't work out. The factories in Egypt produced for the Soviet Union and they were poorly designed," Bergqvist recalled.
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See also
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Bin Laden family
The bin Laden family (), also spelled bin Ladin, is a wealthy Hadharem, Hadhrami family intimately connected with the innermost circles of the House of Saud, Saudi royal family. It is the namesake and controlling shareholder of the Saudi Binladi ...
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Bridge of the Horns
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References
1947 births
Living people
Saudi Arabian businesspeople
Tarek
Textile industry of Egypt
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