Mostafa is often referred to under the pseudonyms Emir Anwar, Ahmed Gurey, Anwar al-Amriki, Ahmed, Anwar, and Abu Abdullah al-Muhajir.[1] According to an unnamed security force, he has three wives in Somalia, one being a widow of a former al Shabaab member, and an estimated sixteen children. According to the same source, he narrowly evaded capture in a ground operation around 2018.[9]