Nelly Lahoud is turning attention toward her with her latest book titled, The Bin Laden Papers. The book shows an analysis of declassified documents that were obtained by the US government after the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
Let’s find out more about the writer and her book.
There is no doubt that the United States’ mission to kill or capture Osama was the biggest attack against terrorism in modern history. The heroic act done by the American Navy turned the world into a better place and has been praised worldwide.
In this mission, the US soldiers also recovered many documents, computers, and other important devices from the Laden’s house. Most of these retrieved things have been declassified; Nelly’s books do work of analyzing them.
Bin Laden Papers Author Nelly Lahoud Wikipedia & Bio
Nelly is an exceptional scholar with a great understanding of Arabs, including their language and culture, so her analysis of Bin Laden will certainly inform people more about the person who terrorized the United States.
As per the Havard page, she is a former associate, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs/International Security Program with expertise in Islam. She is currently at West Point, where she serves as an Associate Professor, in the Department of Social Sciences.
She also serves as Senior Associate, Combating Terrorism Center. She is fluent in French and Arabic. As per New America, her research over the years has primarily focused on the evolution and ideology of al-Qa’ida (AQ) and the ‘Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
About her education, she did her Ph.D. from the Research School of Social Sciences — Australian National University, and her postdoctorate is from St. John’s College, University of Cambridge. She is a brilliant woman.
Nelly Lahoud 60 Minutes Appearance
Recently, Nelly was seen in the popular American show 60 minutes, where she can be seen talking about her book and terrorism overall. The talk was hosted by Sharyn Alfonsi and she asked some deep questions.
The book uses 6,000 documents out of 500,000 that have been declassified. As per Nelly, the letters were complicated because the meaning of one letter would not be understood if other letters are not read, everything seem to be interconnected.
The book also presented the fact that by 2002 Alqueda was very weak, and the US assumption of the planning to cause massive casualties was not accurate. The letters also tell about the internal things that were going on, which weaken the terrorist.
Talent like Nelly is very important to the government and public because they give an insight into terror and educates people. The book is a must-read for people interested to know more about Bin Laden.