The author | Ning Jingcheng
When many people think of bin Laden, many people may think of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that shocked the world in 2001. In people's minds, bin Laden must have been an extremely "fierce" character to be able to plan such a large-scale terrorist attack.
However, according to the interview records of the American journalist John Miller, bin Laden was actually "like a weak scholar, usually wearing a white Arab robe and speaking softly." ”
In 2005, Bin Laden's lover, Kola Pove, spent a lot of ink describing his experience with bin Laden in his new book, The Diary of a Lost Girl.
What impressed me most was that Cora confessed: "I don't want to be with him, but in order to survive, I have to pretend that I am in love with bin Laden." ”
So how did Cora meet bin Laden?
First, the first encounter with bin Laden
Cora was born in Sudan in 1970. Her father is Egyptian and her mother is a Somali princess.
Because Cora's father was an archaeologist, Cora learned a lot about history and archaeology from his father from an early age. Unfortunately, years later, Cora's father ended up killing himself by publicly condemning the then Sudanese government's search for slaves.
Cora's mother, who was also implicated, died.
After losing her parents' protection, Cora first lived with her grandmother for a short time, but because Cora was a black person, her grandmother found it difficult for her to integrate into her father's family.
In 1979, Cora was adopted by a black family in the United States. Fourteen years later, she officially became a U.S. citizen.
From childhood, he left his homeland and came to a strange country. From an early age, Cora felt like a lonely, fantasist and alienated child. If there is anything in life that can comfort her soul to the greatest extent, then the dream of "writing and making a movie" undoubtedly occupies an important position.
In 1996, Cora traveled to Morocco in hopes of becoming a great film actor. As an African-American film actress, in order to get more opportunities, she often attends the dance parties held by some local politicians to meet big guys and increase her exposure.
Coincidentally, Korra happened to meet bin Laden at a restaurant in the Moroccan city of Malakochi.
That day, Cora was eating at a restaurant with a friend, and it happened that Bin Laden was also eating at that restaurant. When bin Laden saw Cora, he forcefully ordered her to come to his desk, and the two chatted briefly for a few minutes.
In the evening, bin Laden took his men to the hotel where Cora lived, and the two spent the night together. A few days later, bin Laden sent someone to take Korra to the hotel where he lived, and the two lived together for half a year.
When it comes to that experience, Korra still remembers it vividly. "I had to go out hunting and fishing with him, and I met many of his friends, including his doctor and second-in-command, Zawahiri," she recalls. Bin Laden is a monster, I don't want to be with him, I'm his prisoner. But in order to survive, I had to pretend to be in love with him. ”
During this time, bin Laden's violent nature gradually revealed.
Because every Tuesday and Thursday, bin Laden prays for a day, So Korra can't talk to him. Once, Cora forgot about it, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was beaten up by bin Laden. But in normal times, bin Laden is a person who likes to talk softly.
It didn't take long for Cora to grow tired of living like this, but she didn't dare run away. There was no reason for him, because bin Laden had someone to put a positioning chip on her tooth, and wherever Cora ran, bin Laden could find her.
It wasn't until half a year later that bin Laden gradually lost interest in Kola that he allowed the other party to leave him.
In 1998, Cora fled to Spain. She never saw bin Laden again.
Second, the bin Laden in Cora's eyes
Later, whenever asked about his impressions of bin Laden, Cora would say, "He was a very violent man and the best man I had ever met, but he used his ingenuity for evil purposes."
As we all know, Whitney Houston, as the diva of the American pop music scene in the 1990s, has always been loved by the majority of fans.
Together with Michael Jackson, she broke down racial and gender barriers, paving the way for the development of later african American singers.
At the time when Whitney was extremely popular, bin Laden, who had always been tired of music, was also very obsessed with him. He confessed to Cora in front of him whether he was looking for a professional killer to assassinate her husband, Bobby Brown, and thus marry Whitney.
Cora recalled that bin Laden had said more than once that he would go to the United States with a lot of money to meet with Whitney. However, these plans were delayed for various reasons and have never been implemented.
As for Kola herself, because she wanted to be a writer since she was a child, she had revealed to bin Laden that she wanted to write a book, but she was slapped by bin Laden and did not dare to speak more.
After leaving bin Laden, Cora began to insist on writing books. Although she had no formal education, she published 6 books in just a few years.
Of the 6 books, the most famous is The Diary of a Lost Girl. Speaking about the original intention of writing the book, Cora said: "I didn't want to end up like bin Laden's other mistresses. They are portrayed as oppressors who fell in love with them, but failed to leave their own record of history. ”
Using words to connect memories and trigger social thinking is the meaning of Cora's book.
In order to avoid making others feel that they are "rubbing bin Laden's traffic", Cora even refused the request to "publish a photo of Bin Laden as the cover of the book".
She said: "The protagonist of this book is myself. ”
Later, Cora successfully married a pilot and had a happy family. However, because of his special relationship with bin Laden, Cora's behavior has always been suspected by the American media.
After leaving bin Laden
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, Korra was once dubbed "bin Laden's African mistress" by the U.S. media, and the criticism even nearly cost her U.S. citizenship.
A year later, the New York Times published an article criticizing Cora. In addition to questioning Cora's words and deeds, he also suspected that many of Korra's descriptions were simply fictitious.
But in 2003, after nearly a month of investigations, Fox television in the United States confirmed that most of Cora's descriptions were true.
At this time, American society began to spread the rumor that "Cora's 5-year-old son is actually her and bin Laden's 'illegitimate son'". Some journalists even ran to the door of Kola's children's school and squatted in an attempt to obtain first-hand information.
In order to protect her son, Cora had to go through the transfer procedures for her son.
For the rumors of "illegitimate children", Cora was full of disdain. Because if the son was born to her and bin Laden in 1996, he would be 7 years old. But in fact, her son is only 4 years old.
There is no doubt that Cora is a controversial figure. But no matter what others think of her, she just wants to show the world a most authentic version of herself.
"I want to be able to express exactly what I've been through over the past five years...," she said. Write a book for wise black women and tell them everything I know. ”
It turns out that people who follow their hearts tend to live well.
Today, Cora is not only one of the best-selling African-American authors in the United States, but her book has also made it to the Sudanese list. In addition, because of her moving writing, NBC later invited her to be the screenwriter of the famous soap opera "The Days We Live".
However, in order to reduce the controversy, Cora's name did not appear on the list of authors, which is also a kind of protection for her.
It can be seen that rich experience is the best nourishment for writers. Kola documents his own experiences, not only fulfilling his childhood dreams, but also showing the world the unknown side of bin Laden.
Going around, life is the best teacher for people.
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