Omar Bin Laden is none too pleased with his dad – who is, really? – and is penning a new book to prove it!
Written with the help of his mother Najwa, Omar Bin Laden’s book “Papa Was A Rolling Stone” “Growing Up Bin Laden” will recant the time his father took away his pets dogs so they could be gassed in chemical warfare tests, which is mean, because he could have just found some other dogs to gas, which is uhh not as mean (?).
He will also write about how the United States nearly killed the elder Bin Laden that one time, but that he was tipped off and able to escape. And he’ll recall how he was beaten to within an inch of his life for spelling ‘jihad’ wrong on a pop quiz. Okay I made that last one up.
[NY Daily News]
Hi! This is Jean Sasson, the author of the book GROWING UP BIN LADEN… Of course, all the information about their lives came from Najwa and Omar. While I’m not unhappy to see that people are interested in the lives of Omar and his mother and the other family members, because the story has a lot of value for the world, as it creates understanding, I must admit that I have been a bit surprised at the misinformation — but, that’s the new world I guess… Over the course of the 15 months while writing the story, I came to care deeply about these two people. Omar and his mother are extremely kindly, caring, and filled with dignity. They were victims of Osama Bin Laden, too; albeit in a different manner. Bt the book has no name calling, for anyone. I found Omar to be wounded by his father’s actions, and since a teenager, he questioned his father, as he hated violence. But never was their name calling. Never did Omar agree with his father’s men killing any animal — not his puppies, nor other puppies. Omar is a peace-keeper. Najwa is a devoted mother to her 11 children. Of course, you admit that you were joking to say that Omar was beaten within an inch for misspelling a word, but of course, someone else will pick that up and pass it along as being in the book! I guess I’ll have to encourage everyone to read the book to find out the actual truth. It’s been quite a journey to get to know Omar and his mother, and to write this book, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything, for it greatly increased my own knowledge. Although I lived for many years in Saudi Arabia, and I have many Arab friends, none of us ever really know what goes on inside another’s home — I had often wondered what the lives of Osama’s family was like, and I was the fortunately person to find out, to let the world know, and along the way, came to know two of the nicest people I’ve ever met in my life. Those early reviewers reading the book have told me that they felt the same after coming to know Omar and his mother and the lives they led. Thanks for letting me “vent.” HAPPY READING! Jean Sasson
Sorry for my misspellings in the above comments. It’s early and I’m not a morning person! Cherio! Jean
A very important fact has been held back by Omar in his ‘Growing Up Bin Laden’ Book. He must know that his father is no longer of this world, if Osama was alive, he would never have agreed to participate with this book. And also, did Omar consider possible backlashes from his father’s faithful AlQaeda followers for participating with the West in a tell-all.
Hi Husayn, This is Jean Sasson. I hope you are doing well today. Husayn, actually, I asked Omar that question before I agreed to do the book: Was he afraid that he would be harmed and he was not, so we carried on. And, he believes that his father is alive Each time there is an audio released by Osama Bin Laden, I call Omar and ask him to listen, to tell me if it is his father’s voice. Of course, a son can easily recognize his father’s voice. Thus far, according to Omar, his father is the one making the audios attributed to him. Omar’s opinion is always backed up by the expert voice analyzers who come out later and say YES, it is Osama. Omar has always said that he loves his father, but he does not love his father’s actions. I think any person can understand that — none of us are responsible for another’s behavior — we can still love our family members, but disagree with them. It will be interesting to see how the book is received. I have read a lot of letters expressing curiosity, and a lot expressing opinions about the actual book, which is strange, since the book has not yet been released, and sometimes the news reports have a lot of things wrong. So, people will have to see for themselves…