Omar bin Laden

In this Arabic name, the surname is bin Laden.
Omar bin Laden
عمر بن لادن
Born
Omar bin Osama bin Mohammed bin 'Awad bin Laden

(1981-03-01) March 1, 1981 (age 43)[1]
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Occupation(s)Artist, contractor, businessman
Spouse
Zaina Binladin
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(m. 2006)​
Parent(s)Osama bin Laden
Najwa Ghanhem
RelativesAbdallah bin Laden (brother)
Saad bin Laden (brother)
Hamza bin Laden (half-brother)
Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (grandfather)
Hamida al-Attas (grandmother)

Omar bin Osama bin Mohammed bin 'Awad bin Laden (Arabic: عمر بن أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن, ʿUmar bin ʾUsāmah bin Muḥammad bin ʿAwaḍ bin Lādin; born March 1, 1981), better known as Omar bin Laden, is a Saudi artist, author, cultural ambassador, and businessman, and fourth-eldest son of Osama bin Laden, with his first cousin and first wife Najwa Ghanhem (see Bin Laden family).[2][3][4] He lived in Normandy, France, until October 2023, when the French authorities canceled his residence permit. Reportedly, he has since been living in Qatar. In October 2024 Bin Laden was barred from returning to the country by the French interior minister Bruno Retailleau for advocating terrorism on social media, a post from the now-deleted account @omarbinladin1.

Investigative journalists questioned bin Laden about the matter in an award-winning podcast, "Hechos Reales," or True Facts. "A person from another country managed to get the password of my Twitter account and posted a Tweet using my name. They were not my words. I reported the Tweet to Twitter and after a week or so, the account was thankfully blocked," bin Laden said. "I no longer have access to my Twitter account," he added, "so I was unable to remove it myself. I want to tell people I condemn terrorism and violence with all my heart", he added.[5][6][7]

Earlier inaccurate reports described Omar and his brother Abdallah bin Laden as nephews or cousins of Osama bin Laden.[8]

  1. ^ قصة نجل أسامة بن لادن «المُدلل»: التقى زوجته عند الأهرامات ودخل مستشفى الأمراض العقلية
  2. ^ Farah, Douglas; Priest, Dana (2003-10-14). "Bin Laden Son Plays Key Role in Al Qaeda". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-05-20. [title refers to Saad bin Laden]
  3. ^ David Brown (2007-07-11). "Briton marries bin Laden's son". The Times. London. Archived from the original on July 27, 2008.
  4. ^ Bergen, Peter L. (20 January 2006). The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader. ISBN 9780743295925.
  5. ^ "Un des fils d'Oussama Ben Laden a trouvé refuge dans la peinture". Le Point (in French). 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  6. ^ "Osama bin Laden's Son is a Painter. America is His Muse". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  7. ^ "Osama bin Laden's son banned from returning to France, says minister". 8 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Profile:Omar bin Laden". Archived from the original on 2008-03-06.