The brains behind al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was he? Ayman al-Zawahiri was born on June 19, 1951 in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Sheikh Muhammad Al-Ahmad al-Zawahiri, his grandfather was the Imam of Al-Azhar University in Egypt, his father Muhammad Rabie al-Zawahiri was a doctor and in general, they were from well-known families in Cairo. […]