Al-Zawahiri is the son of a physician . `` He used to write poetry to his mother '' his uncle says . ... He became involved in Islamic fundamentalism as a teenager . In fact, he was one of those who helped found Al Qaeda and later joined it, becoming its chief ideologue.
Al-Zawahiri is the son of a physician . `` He used to write poetry to his mother '' his uncle says . He became involved in Islamic fundamentalism as a teenager . In fact, he was one of those who helped found Al Qaeda and later joined it, becoming its chief ideologue.