Najwa Ghanem bin Laden, who married her cousin Osama bin Laden at the age of 15, is his first wife and the mother of seven of his sons and four of his daughters. She currently lives with relatives in Syria. Omar bin Laden, the fourth son of Osama bin Laden, has publicly called for his father to “change his ways”. Jean Sasson, author of the bestselling Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, has studied Middle Eastern culture for more than thirty years.

Jean Sasson, the international bestselling author of Princess, lived in the Middle East for twelve years and has travelled extensively in the area for thirty years. She lives in the Southern USA.

Najwa bin Laden in Osama bin Laden’s first wife and the mother of seven of his sons and four of his daughters. She currently lives with five of her children in the Middle East.

Omar bin Laden, the fourth son of Osama bin Laden, has publicly called for his father to “change his ways”. Both Omar and his mother left Afghanistan before September 11, 2001, and neither has been in contact with Osama bin Laden since.