| − | '''Yasser Arafat''' ([[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] 1929 - [[Paris]], [[France]] 2004), born "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]]. |
| − | 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. 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. | + | 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. |