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Atta, Mohamed el- Amir Awad el- Sayed (1968–2001) Mohamed el- Amir Awad el- Sayed Atta was the commander of the Al Qaeda team that hijacked ... His father was a middle- class lawyer with ties to the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood.</blockquote></ref> The father of [[911]] ringleader [[Mohamed Atta]].

Atta, Mohamed el- Amir Awad el- Sayed (1968–2001) Mohamed el- Amir Awad el- Sayed Atta was the commander of the Al Qaeda team that hijacked ... His father was a middle- class lawyer with ties to the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood.</blockquote></ref> The father of [[911]] ringleader [[Mohamed Atta]].

He preposterously described himself to NEWSWEEK as "one of the most important lawyers in Cairo,"<ref>

He preposterously described himself to ''Newsweek'' as "one of the most important lawyers in Cairo."<ref>

[https://www.newsweek.com/day-changed-america-148319 The Day That Changed America]. By Evan Thomas, '"Newsweek'', Dec 30, 2001.<blockquote>

[https://www.newsweek.com/day-changed-america-148319 The Day That Changed America]. By Evan Thomas, '"Newsweek'', Dec 30, 2001.<blockquote>

In Egypt in the late '80s, engineering schools, full of disillusioned students, were prime recruiting grounds for the Muslim Brotherhood; in the country's stagnant state-run economy, young engineering grads could look forward to low-paying, dead-end jobs in a bloated bureaucracy. Atta's parents were more ambitious for their children. His overbearing father, the elder Mohamed Al-Amir Atta, who grandly but preposterously described himself to NEWSWEEK as "one of the most important lawyers in Cairo," wanted his only son to study abroad. Only by learning German--"the language of engineers"--could young Atta catch up to his accomplished sisters, both of whom had doctorates. His son should go to Germany, the father decided.</blockquote></ref>

In Egypt in the late '80s, engineering schools, full of disillusioned students, were prime recruiting grounds for the Muslim Brotherhood; in the country's stagnant state-run economy, young engineering grads could look forward to low-paying, dead-end jobs in a bloated bureaucracy. Atta's parents were more ambitious for their children. His overbearing father, the elder Mohamed Al-Amir Atta, who grandly but preposterously described himself to NEWSWEEK as "one of the most important lawyers in Cairo," wanted his only son to study abroad. Only by learning German--"the language of engineers"--could young Atta catch up to his accomplished sisters, both of whom had doctorates. His son should go to Germany, the father decided.</blockquote></ref>