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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World in Action
1963 · TV
Dispatches
1987 · TV
Bridge over the Fault Line II
2024 · Movie
Live and Become
2005 · Movie
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
2026 · Movie
Assassinations That Changed the World
1996 · TV
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs
1998 · TV
Unveiling Arafat
2023 · TV
1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution
2022 · TV
Israel and the Arabs - Elusive Peace
2005 · TV
Munich '72
2022 · TV
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
2024 · Movie