Yasser Arafat
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Yasser Arafat (in Arabic: ياسر عرفات), born August 24, 1929 in Cairo, Egypt and died November 11, 2004 in Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine, France), real name Mohamed Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Quudwa al- Husseini (Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني) and also known by his nickname (kounya) of Abou Ammar, is a Palestinian activist and statesman. Leader of Fatah and then also of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat remained for several decades a controversial figure in the expression of the national aspirations of the Palestinians before appearing for Israel as a partner in discuss…
Also known as
Yāsir ʿArafāt
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Known For
World in Action
1963 · TV
Dispatches
1987 · TV
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs
1998 · TV
Assassinations That Changed the World
1996 · TV
Live and Become
2005 · Movie
Israel and the Arabs - Elusive Peace
2005 · TV
The Palestinian
1977 · Movie
Unveiling Arafat
2023 · TV
1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution
2022 · TV
Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974)
2016 · Movie
Sigrid Kaag: van Beiroet tot Binnenhof
2021 · Movie
Hans van Mierlo, What I Still Dream of Writing
2006 · Movie