Early Life and Education
Bouyeri was born in Amsterdam on 8 March 1978. His parents are immigrant Moroccans of Berber heritage. He grew up in a low-income immigrant neighbourhood in the west of Amsterdam.
In 1995, Mohammed Bouyeri finished his secondary education and subsequently went on to Inholland in Diemen. He changed his major several times and left after five years without obtaining a degree.
A second generation migrant from Morocco, Bouyeri used the kunya "Abu Zubair" for writing and translating. On the Internet he often posted letters and sent e-mail under this name.
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