Steve Coll
The Bin Ladens: An Arab Family at the Heart of the World
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In the early twentieth century, a poor mason from Yemen moved to Saudi Arabia, hoping to build a better life there as a guest worker. His name: Mohammed Bin Laden. The mason became a contractor and later a project developer. The Bin Ladens were allowed to build in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, and they even obtained the sole rights to them. They served many generations of the Saudi royal family and counted George Bush Sr., Jimmy Carter and Prince Charles among their friends. The Bin Ladens is a very thorough and beautifully told story about the trade and conduct of one of the most influential and wealthy families in the world. Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll did intensive research into this family and managed to bring many unknown facts to light. He tells about the different generations, their financial status and jet-set lives, their international business empire and the way in which the family tries to overcome the shock of September 11. The Bin Ladens is a revealing and compelling story about the history of a family, which also symbolizes the history of a country. Both have enormous power in today's world. The Bin Ladens is more than a biography of a family: it offers a handle to better understand the world we live in.
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