Arafat

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[ar-uh-fat, ahr-uh-faht]

noun

1. Yasir 1929–2004, Palestinian leader: head of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

ʿArafat

²

[ahr-uh-fat, ar-uh-fat]

noun

1. a hill 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia: site of Muslim pilgrimages.

Arafat

¹

/ ˈærəfæt /

noun

1. Also called: Jabal ar Rahm. a hill in W Saudi Arabia, near Mecca: a sacred site of Islam, visited by pilgrims performing the hajj

Arafat

²

noun

1. Yasser (ˈjæsə). 1929–2004, Palestinian leader; cofounder of Al Fatah (1956), leader from 1968 of the Palestine Liberation Organization, president of the Palestinian National Authority from 1996: signed a peace agreement with Israel (1993); Nobel peace prize 1994 with Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin

Example Sentences

"If any such detention did occur, it would have been a product of complex internal military dynamics," said Arafat.

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In his campaign for Palestinian rights he met Yasser Arafat, then head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation.

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The peace process ushered in by a handshake on the White House lawn between former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had moments of genuine hope, punctuated by tragedy.

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The late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat had been a frequent patron, often spotted at its tables.

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Bangladeshi junior Information Minister Mohammad Ali Arafat responded that the government had no information regarding Unicef's death toll.

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