HISTORY 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bin Laden Family, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Hosni Mubarak
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Family were originally business contractors, were very good and became close to the royal family. Usama became close with the saudi princes. Father: billionaire construction magnate in saudin arabia. Syria was more cosmopolitan as it had been colonized by the french, so his mother was more cultured. Were wealthy but because they had so many kids they weren"t as wealthy as you would think (qu"ran allows up to 4 wives) Now, a man must go in front of a judge and justify why he wants a second wife, but in. 1969 bin laden corp. repairs dome of rock which was damaged by australian zionist. Bin laden was raised with saudi princes. Had an civil engineering degree at and al-aziz university, jedda. Hung out with muslim fundamentalists at university. Probably wasn"t a good student and didn"t know a lot about engineering. Studied with the brother of abdullah azzam (later jihad leader of afghanistan) (palestinian islamists)
