He was referred to as “the slave child” in the Bin Laden’s huge family.
The son of Yemeni Mohammed bin Awad Bin Laden, a wealthy builder with ties to the Saudi royal family, and his eleventh wife, Bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Hamida al-Attas from Syria and Mohammed bin Laden (then known as Alia Ghanem). Bin Laden gave his birth date as March 10, 1957, in a 1998 interview. Although it is widely believed that bin Laden was born in Riyadh, the original FBI and Interpol records mention Jeddah as his birthplace.
The fact that Osama Bin Laden was the 17th kid out of more than 20 siblings his father had with various women is an intriguing truth about him. He was referred to as "the slave child" in the family, not because he was their slave, but because of his mother's heritage. His mother immigrated to Yemen from Syria, which rankled the lineage-obsessed Saudis. He was well recognized for being the only one of his siblings who did not pursue a degree overseas. Despite the fact that recently made public papers by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) indicated that he spent around 3 months as a teenager "studying" in the United Kingdom. Analysts said his little exposure contributed to his poor view of the west.
