Editing Marwan al-Shehhi (section)

==Early life==
Al-Shehhi was born in [[Ras al-Khaimah]], on 9 May 1978, in the [[United Arab Emirates]], to an Emirati Muslim cleric who died in 1997 and an [[Egypt]]ian mother. Described as a quiet and devout Muslim, details about al-Shehhi's life in the UAE, however, are difficult to acquire. He was a part of the [[Shihuh]] tribe through his father's side. According to an October 2001 article in ''The New York Times'', "If residents of Mr. Shehhi's hometown had heard of him before now, they were certainly not telling strangers. Four hours spent in the community yielded no address and no one – policemen, firemen, pedestrians or local officials – who did anything more than shrug at the mention of his name."<ref>{{Citation|title=Manasseh, "Who Did More Evil than All . . . Who Were Before Him"|work=Portrait of the Kings|pages=187–224|publisher=Augsburg Fortress Publishers|isbn=9781451469585|doi=10.2307/j.ctt9m0txn.10|year=2015}}</ref>

His teacher in Germany, Gabriele Bock, recalls him as someone who seemed to be struggling to have plans for the future while studying there.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/vita-des-attentaeters-marwan-al-shehhi-auffaellig-war-nur-seine-unauffaelligkeit-a-161098.html|title = Vita des Attentäters Marwan al-Shehhi: Auffällig war nur seine Unauffälligkeit|newspaper = Der Spiegel|date = 6 October 2001|last1 = Gebauer|first1 = Matthias}}</ref>

While in Germany, al-Shehhi enrolled in the [[University of Bonn]] after completing a German course. He left Germany in June 1997 to attend to problems at home although the university forbade him. In early 1998, al-Shehhi transferred to the [[Technical University of Hamburg]]. A poor student, al-Shehhi was directed by the Scholarship program administrators to repeat a semester of his studies back in Bonn beginning in August 1998. Al-Shehhi did not enroll back at Bonn until January 1999 and continued to struggle with his studies. By July 1999, Marwan returned to [[Hamburg]] to study shipbuilding.<ref>[http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report.pdf The 9/11 Commission Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019203222/https://9-11commission.gov/report/911Report.pdf |date=2016-10-19 }} p. 179</ref>

It has been reported al-Shehhi also married in 1999, holding a belated celebration in January 2000, in an arranged marriage by his half-brother with a young woman named Fawzeya.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kessler |first=Glenn |date=2021-12-07 |title=Trump's false claim that the 9/11 hijackers' wives 'knew exactly what was going to happen' |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/12/06/trumps-dubious-claim-that-the-911-hijackers-wives-knew-exactly-what-was-going-to-happen/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2001-09-23-0109230108-story.html|title = Portraits Start to Emerge of Terrorism Suspects| date=23 September 2001}}</ref>