Leaders & Revolutionaries: Ayman al-Zawahiri.

The article focuses on Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon and an active jihadist. Al-Zawahiri is as much the force behind Islamic military organization al-Qaeda, as his more famous friend Osama bin Laden, the organization's leader. al-Zawahiri made a powerful impression on bin Laden when they met in Pakistan in 1986. bin Laden was funding al-Zawahiri's militant group Al Jihad, while Egyptian militants close to al-Zawahiri started helping bin Laden to form al-Qaeda.