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Arafat was educated in Cairo but during his youth he spent his time in [[Jerusalem]] and later in [[Kuwait]].   

Arafat was educated in Cairo but during his youth he spent his time in [[Jerusalem]] and later in [[Kuwait]].   

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]] and made his headquarters in [[Lebanon]] after that until the Israeli invasion in the early 1980's.  During the 80s, Arafat received assistance from [[Iraq]] and [[Saudi Arabia]] (Saudi Arabia cut off all assistance in 1991 after Arafat openly supported [[Saddam Hussein]] in the Gulf War). In 1989, Arafat was elected president of Palestinian Liberation Organization by the Central Council of the [[Palestine National Council]] and on July 1st, 1994 returned to the [[Gaza Strip]] for the first time after a 27 year exile.

After fighting with the 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]] and made his headquarters in [[Lebanon]] after that until the Israeli invasion in the early 1980's.  During the 80s, Arafat received assistance from [[Iraq]] and [[Saudi Arabia]] (Saudi Arabia cut off all assistance in 1991 after Arafat openly supported [[Saddam Hussein]] in the Gulf War). In 1989, Arafat was elected president of Palestinian Liberation Organization by the Central Council of the [[Palestine National Council]] and on July 1st, 1994 returned to the [[Gaza Strip]] for the first time after a 27 year exile.