The 1964 painting of Mohammed bin Laden, a billionaire industrialist and father of Osama bin Laden
Only after Osama Bin Laden was killed by the U.S. special forces in Quetta, Pakistan on May 1, 2011, have some rare pictures of his family members been released. Though he had four wives and more than 20 children, the media found it hard to spot photos of these people.
Among Osama bin Laden’s children, Omar bin Laden is the son most opposed to his father's violence, he even got a British woman and wished to have a peace movement. Osama’s first daughter had to walk down the aisle at the age of 12 but became widow two years later.
Below is the Osama bin Laden’s rare family album.
Osama bin Laden (the second in the second line from right) posed in Falun, Sweden in 1971
The portrait of Osama bin Laden in 1973 at the age of 16, a year before he got married his cousin Najwa
Abdullah bin Laden, the eldest son of Osama bin Laden and his first wife Najwa, holds the most honored position of all his siblings and runs a small business (He was seen here when working on Osama bin Laden’s backhoe in Sudan in 1993)
Abdullah bin Laden appeared in an interview in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2001
An image of Osama bin Laden’s son, Omar bin Laden, at the age of 6, the year his family moved to Medina and he started school
Omar performed for the camera in 1994 when his family lived in Khartoum, Sudan
Omar posed with his horse in 2007 in Saudi Arabia. Omar, who got married a British woman and expected to have a peace movement, is the son most opposed to his father's violence
An image of Sa'ad, Osman and Mohammed bin Laden. The third child of Osama and Najwa, Sa'ad, was rumored to be jailed in Iran though no one, including his mother, knows where he is. Osman got married the daughter of a high-ranking member of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, a rebel group dedicated to the overthrow of the Egyptian state. Mohammed is said to be Osama's successor
An image of Osama’s children includes Fatima, Sa'ad, Omar, Mohammed, Osman and Abdul Rahman. Osama’s first daughter, Fatima, married to a Saudi fighter at the age of 12 but her husband died in the American attacks on Afghanistan two years later. Abdul Rahman now lives quietly in Syria
Omar held his son Ahmed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2005
Osama bin Laden and his son Ali
Osama’s son, Hamza bin Laden, in an al-Qaeda’s exercise video
Osama bin Laden and his British wife in 2008 before they got divorced
