Najwa Ghanem
Najwa Ghanem 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.
Biography
Najwa was born to Ibrahim and Nabeeha in Latakia, United Arab Republic, and her family was originally from Yemen. She had five siblings. Osama married Najwa in 1974 when she was almost 16 in Latakia. She travelled with him to Sudan and Afghanistan.According to Abu Jandal, she left Afghanistan before the September 11 attacks and did not return. According to Najwa and her son Omar bin Laden, desiring to return to a normal life, she left Afghanistan sometime between September 7 and 9, 2001. In 2005, Huthaifa Azzam, son of Abdullah Azzam, stated that she was living in Damascus with her son Abdel Rahman. From about April 2012, she moved to Qatar, where seven of her surviving children also continued to reside.