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Yasser Arafat (4 or 24: 269 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004 and president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. [7]
Yasser Arafat was the first president of the Palestinian Authority (1996–2004), chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), and leader of Fatah. In 1993 he led the PLO to a historic peace agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Israeli government.
Yasser Arafat, also spelled Yāsir ʿArafāt orig. Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raʾūf al-Qudwah al-Ḥusaynī, (born August 1929—died Nov. 11, 2004, Paris, France), Palestinian leader. The date and place of his birth are disputed.
Recovering his spirits and retaining his dream of an independent Palestinian homeland, he returned to Faud University to major in engineering but spent most of his time as leader of the Palestinian students.
Nov 6, 2013 · Profile: Yasser Arafat. The life and times of one of the Middle East’s most iconic personalities, whose cause of death had l. 6 Nov 2013. Save articles to read later and create your own reading...
Nov 11, 2004 · Yasser Arafat. The Nobel Peace Prize 1994. Born: 24 August 1929, Cairo, Egypt. Died: 11 November 2004, Paris, France. Residence at the time of the award: Palestine. Role: Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO; President of the Palestinian National Authority. Prize motivation: “for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East”
Apr 30, 1999 · Yasser Arafat - Palestinian Leader, Nobel Prize, PLO: On October 30, 1991, following the Persian Gulf War, the Madrid Conference—a peace conference including Arab countries, Palestinians, and Israel—opened under the joint presidency of the United States and the Soviet Union.
Nov 11, 2004 · Yasir Arafat, who died this morning in Paris, was the wily and enigmatic father of Palestinian nationalism who for almost 40 years symbolized his people's longing for a...
The Nobel Peace Prize 1994 was awarded jointly to Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East"
Nov 11, 2004 · Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinians, died on November 11th, aged 75. Nov 11th 2004 |. AFP. IN HIS dying, as in his life, Yasser Arafat seemed both dogged and indecisive. To the...
