LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Her uncle may be the world’s most elusive fugitive, but Osama bin Laden’s niece is about as conspicuous as she can be in a sexy photo shoot.

Wafah Dufour is an aspiring New York-based musician who said that her family ties to the al Qaeda leader suspected of masterminding the September 11, 2001 attacks have prompted death threats and sent her into a bout of depression.

As part of an effort to distance herself from her massive Saudi family, Dufour appears in a sexy photos spread, reclining on satin sheets wrapped in feathers in one picture and posing in a bubble bath wearing nothing but jewellery in a second.