
Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat (in Arabic: ياسر عرفات), born August 24, 1929 in Cairo, Egypt and died November 11, 2004 in Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine, France), real name Mohamed Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Quudwa al- Husseini (Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني) and also known by his nickname (kounya) of Abou Ammar, is a Palestinian activist and statesman. Leader of Fatah and then also of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat remained for several decades a controversial figure in the expression of the national aspirations of the Palestinians before appearing for Israel as a partner in discussions within the framework of the process. of Israeli-Palestinian peace in the 1990s. Yasser Arafat then represented the Palestinians in the various peace negotiations and signed the Oslo Accords in 1993. He became the first president of the new Palestinian Authority and received the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize alongside Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin. From 2001, after the failure of the Taba summit and the outbreak of the second intifada, he gradually lost his credit with part of his people who reproached him for the corruption of his authority. He found himself isolated on the international scen…
Acting
- 2023Unveiling ArafatSelf (archive footage)4 ep.
- 2022Munich '72Politician (archive footage)2 ep.
- 20221979 - The Year Of The Islamist RevolutionSelf (archive footage)1 ep.
- 2005Israel and the Arabs - Elusive PeaceSelf1 ep.
- 1998The 50 Years War: Israel and the ArabsSelf6 ep.
- 1996Assassinations That Changed the World1 ep.
- 1987Dispatches1 ep.
- 1963World in Action1 ep.
Also known as: Yāsir ʿArafāt