He is married to Nahla Al-Najjar, and they have five children.[1] Nahla was born in 1961.[2] His son Abdullah Al-Arian was an intern for U.S. Representative David E. Bonior in 2001.[115] Al-Arian's eldest daughter, Laila Al-Arian, is a producer for Al Jazeera English in Washington, D.C., and a freelance journalist and contributor to the Huffington Post[116] and The Nation.[117]