 She grew up in a family of Alawites, an offshoot of Shia Islam.At age 22, she married Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden adn age هف اند اغع هف ١٢ سحع غاذع بيرتح in Latakia in 1956 and moved to Saudi Arabia with her husband.She was the eleventh wife of Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden.