Mohamed Atta

Also known as Mohamed Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed Atta

Egyptian hijacker and one of the ringleaders of the September 11 attacks (1968–2001)

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Mohamed Atta was an Egyptian engineer who held citizenship in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Born in Kafr el-Sheikh in 1968, he was educated at Cairo University and Hamburg University of Technology. He practiced Sunni Islam and spoke Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, and German. Atta was a member of the Hamburg cell and participated in the September 11 attacks as a participant in American Airlines Flight 11.

He died on September 11, 2001, at the 1 World Trade Center. His manner of death was suicide, with the cause of death listed as an aircraft crash. Atta’s birth name was محمد محمد الأمير عوض السيد عطا, and his name in native language is محمد عطا. He is distinct from Atta Muhammad Nur.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 1

Top works

Tubulointerstitial Nephritis

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 7
Total plays: 9

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Works: 130
Cited by: 5,428
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5112-1131

Research areas

ChemistryBiologyGeneEnzymeBiochemistry

Most cited works

Biomimetic assembly and activation of [FeFe]-hydrogenases2013 · 683 cit
S-adenosylmethionine: nothing goes to waste2004 · 590 cit
Deficit of tRNALys modification by Cdkal1 causes the development of type 2 diabetes in mice2011 · 261 cit
Some characteristics of nigella (Nigella sativa L.) seed cultivated in Egypt and its lipid profile2003 · 251 cit
MiaB Protein Is a Bifunctional Radical-S-Adenosylmethionine Enzyme Involved in Thiolation and Methylation of tRNA2004 · 166 cit

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,951x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,994x
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,217x
The Cityscapes Dataset for Semantic Urban Scene Understanding
· 2016 · cited 9,727x
Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,996x

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Quotes

“Make sure that nobody is following you.”
“Oh, God, open all doors for me. Oh God who answers prayers and answers those who ask you, I am asking you for your help. I am asking you for forgiveness. I am asking you to lighten my way. I am asking you to lift the burden I feel. Oh God, you who open all doors, please open all doors for me, open all venues for me, open all avenues for me. God, I trust in you. God, I lay myself in your hands.... There is no God but God, I being a sinner. We are of God, and to God we return.”
“We have some planes. Just stay quiet and we'll be ok. We are returning to the airport.”
“Nobody move, everything will be ok. If you try to make any moves, you will injure yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet.”
“Nobody move please. We are going back to the airport. Don’t try to make any stupid moves.”

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Key facts

Born: Mohamed Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed Atta , ( 1968-09-01 ) September 1, 1968, Kafr El Sheikh , Egypt
Died: September 11, 2001 (2001-09-11) (aged 33), New York City , U.S.
Cause of death: Suicide by plane crash during the September 11 attacks
Alma mater: Cairo University , Hamburg University of Technology
Organization s: Al-Qaeda , Hamburg cell (1990s–2001)
Known for: Ringleader of the 9/11 attacks
Motive: Motives for the September 11 attacks
Accomplices: Abdulaziz al-Omari , Wail al-Shehri , Waleed al-Shehri , and Satam al-Suqami
Date: September 11, 2001, 8:46 a.m. ( EDT )
Country: United States
State: New York
Target: 1 World Trade Center
Killed: ~1,687 (including the 87 victims of AA 11)
Injured: 6,000–25,000
Weapons: Hijacked Boeing 767-223ER

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Encyclopedic overview

Mohamed Atta (September 1, 1968 – September 11, 2001) was an Egyptian engineer, architect, and terrorist hijacker for al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, he was the ringleader of the September 11 attacks and served as the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, which he flew into the North Tower of the original World Trade Center as part of coordinated suicide attacks. Aged 33, he was the oldest of the 19 hijackers who took part in the mission. Before the attacks, he worked as a civil engineer.

Born and raised in Egypt, Atta studied architecture at Cairo University, graduating in 1990, and pursued postgraduate studies in Germany at the Hamburg University of Technology. In Hamburg, Atta attended prayers at the al-Quds Mosque where he met Marwan al-Shehhi, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and Ziad Jarrah, with whom he formed the Hamburg cell. Atta disappeared from Germany for periods of time, embarking on the hajj in 1995 but also meeting Osama bin Laden and other top al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan from late 1999 to early 2000. Atta and the other Hamburg cell members were recruited by bin Laden and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for a "planes operation" in the United States.

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