# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ahmed-ghailani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:57:55.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ahmed-ghailani"
name: "Ahmed Ghailani"
slug: "ahmed-ghailani"
description: "Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani is a Tanzanian conspirator of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization convicted for his role in the bombing of embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. He was indicted in the United States as a participant in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. He was on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list from its inception in October 2001. In 2004, he was captured and detained by Pakistani forces in a joint operation with the United States, and was held until June 9, 2009, at Guantanamo Bay detention camp; one of 14 Guantanamo detainees who had previously been held at secret locations abroad. According to The Washington Post, Ghailani told military officers he is contrite and claimed to be an exploited victim of al-Qaeda operatives."
tagline: "Islamist terrorist; member of al-Qaeda (born 1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ghailani.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-03-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.248492000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ghailani"
    title: "Ahmed Ghailani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "أحمد غيلاني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Chalfan_al-Ghailani"
    title: "Ahmad Chalfan al-Ghailani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ghailani"
    title: "Ahmed Ghailani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Khalfan_Ghailani"
    title: "Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ghailani"
    title: "Ahmed Ghailani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Khalfan_Gailani"
    title: "Ahmed Khalfan Gailani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ghailani"
    title: "Ahmed Ghailani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320491"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump