What was Osama bin Laden like as a teenager? Steve Coll of the New Yorker examines his days as a high school student at one of Saudi Arabia's most prestigious and most secular private schools. His article "Young Osama" reveals that bin Laden first studied the ideas of violent jihad in an after school program there, and may have begun shaping his radical beliefs as early as age 14.
Music: The Sheltering Sky soundtrack. Tracks 18, 20, and 16,
Music: The Sheltering Sky soundtrack. Tracks 18, 20, and 16,
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