abstract:al-Shehri (, , also transliterated as Alshehri, Shehri, or Shihri) is an Arabic family name denoting a member of Bani Shehr, when followed by a sun letter, the l in al assimilates to the initial consonant of the following noun, resulting in a doubled consonant.
Yousef's brother-in-law, Said Al Shehri, also released from Gitmo, is currently the second in command of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the branch that launched the Christmas Day airline attack last year.