Najwa Ghanem

Najwa Ghanem
نجوى غانم
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Latakia, United Arab Republic
(present-day Syria)
Spouse
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(m. 1974; sep. 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 Umm Abdallah (mother of Abdallah).[2]

  1. ^ bin Laden, Najwa; bin Laden, Omar; Sasson, Jean. Growing Up Bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World. pp. 16, 292.
  2. ^ L. Bergen, Peter (20 January 2006). The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader. Simon & Schuster. p. 402. ISBN 9780743295925.