Yasser Arafat - Wikipedia
WEBEarly life Arafat (right) with his sister Khadija and brother Fathi in Cairo, 1942 Birth and childhood. Arafat was born in Cairo, Egypt. His father, Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini, was a Palestinian from Gaza City, whose mother, Yasser's paternal grandmother, was …
Yasser Arafat | Biography, History, & Facts | Britannica
WEBApr 30, 1999 · Early life. Arafat was one of seven children of a well-to-do merchant and was related, by his father and by his mother, to the prominent al-Ḥusaynī family, which played a major role in Palestinian history (among its members was the grand mufti of Jerusalem, Amīn al-Ḥusaynī, a key figure of the opposition to Zionism during the British ...
Yasser Arafaft: Biography, Palestinian Political Leader, Facts
WEBOct 11, 2023 · Synopsis. Born in Cairo in 1929, Yasser Arafat was named chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization 40 years later. From this post, he was at the forefront of years of violence, border...
Yasser Arafat Biography - Facts, Childhood, Life & Achievements …
WEBChildhood & Early Years. Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa, popularly known as Yasser Arafat, was born on 24 August 1929 most probably in Cairo. Some also claim that he was born in his maternal uncle’s house in Jerusalem where his mother, Zahwa Abul Saud, used to go for child-birth.
Yasser Arafat - Jewish Virtual Library
WEBEarly Life. Arafat, circa 1940. Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa Al-Husseini, more commonly known as Yasser Arafat was the fifth of seven children born to a Palestinian textile merchant on August 24, 1929.
A brief biography of Yasser Arafat | Britannica
WEBApr 24, 2024 · 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.
Yasser Arafat - New World Encyclopedia
WEBEarly life. Mohammed Abdel-Raouf Arafat Al Qudwa al-Hussaeini was born on August 24, 1929 in Cairo. His father, a textile merchant, was a Palestinian with some Egyptian ancestry. His mother was from an old Palestinian family in Jerusalem. She died when Yasir, as he was called, was five years old.
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat 1929-2004: From Guerrilla …
WEBNov 11, 2004 · For decades Yasser Arafat was the embodiment of the Palestinian cause and the symbol of resistance against Israeli occupation. He was born on August 4, 1929.
Yasser Arafat - People in History - WorldAtlas
WEBJul 15, 2019 · Early Life. Mohammed Yasser Arafat was born on August 24th, 1929 in Cairo, Egypt to Abdel Raouf Al-Husseini, his father who was a Palestinian from Gaza city and Zahwa Abul Saud, his mother whose family hailed from Jerusalem. Yasser, who was the second youngest child, had six siblings.
Arafat, Yasser | Encyclopedia.com
WEBPolitical activist. Yasser Arafat, the leader of the Palestinian people, dedicated his life to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the territories occupied by Israel after 1967, but he was unable to achieve his dream.
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