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'''Yasser Arafat''', Arabic: yāsir ^arafāt, ([[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] 1929 - [[Paris]], [[France]] 2004), born "Mohammed Al-Husseini al-Qudwa Abdel-Rahman Abdel-Raouf Arafat", was Chairman of the [[Palestine]] Liberation Organization  and President of the [[Palestinian National Authority]].
 
'''Yasser Arafat''', Arabic: yāsir ^arafāt, ([[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] 1929 - [[Paris]], [[France]] 2004), born "Mohammed Al-Husseini al-Qudwa Abdel-Rahman Abdel-Raouf Arafat", was Chairman of the [[Palestine]] Liberation Organization  and President of the [[Palestinian National Authority]].
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He got his degree of engineering at Faud University in 1956. In 1958 he and some friends founded Al-Fatah, an underground network of secret cells. In 1964 Arafat became a full-time revolutionary, organising Al-Fatah raids into [[Israel]]. He traveled from country to country to promote the Palestinian cause. At the 60's he was regarded as organizer of terrorist attacks into [[Israel]]. During the 80s, Arafat received assistance from [[Irak]] and [[Saudi Arabia]]. In 1989, Arafat was elected president of State of Palestine by the Central Council of the Palestine National Council.
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Arafat was in Cairo but during his youth he spent his time in Jerusalem and Kuwait. 
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After fighting armed Arab forces in 1948 during the Arab-Israeli war Arafat entered into the Faud University and got his degree of engineering in 1956. Arafat also served in the Egyptian army during the [[Suez crisis|Suez campaign]] in 1956.  In 1958 he and some friends founded Al-Fatah, an underground network of secret cells. Arafat also served as chairman of the Palestine Student Federation. In 1964 Arafat became a full-time revolutionary, organising Al-Fatah raids into [[Israel]]. He traveled from country to country to promote the Palestinian cause. At the 1960's he was an organizer of terrorist attacks into [[Israel]]. During the 80s, Arafat received assistance from [[Iraq]] and [[Saudi Arabia]]. In 1989, Arafat was elected president of State of Palestine by the Central Council of the [[Palestine National Council]].
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United Nations General Assembly, 1974.  
 
United Nations General Assembly, 1974.  
 
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