Yasser Arafat
1929-08-24
Cairo, Egypt
Acting
Biography
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...
Known For
World in Action
Dispatches
Bridge over the Fault Line II
Live and Become
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
Assassinations That Changed the World
Assassinations That Changed the World
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs
Unveiling Arafat
1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution
Israel and the Arabs - Elusive Peace
Munich '72
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974)
Celsius 41.11
The Palestinian
Dancing Arabs
The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Lebanon in Crisis
