. . . . "According to the Islamist Montasser al-Zayyat, author of the Arabic book, Al Zawahiri: As I Knew Him (translated in English as The Road to Al Qaeda: the Story of Bin Laden???s Right-Hand Man), Zawahiri was ???an avid reader??? who ???loved literature and poetry.??? He ???believed that sports, especially boxing and wrestling, were inhumane???. people thought he was very tender and softhearted???. n" .