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Arafat   /ˈɛrəfæt/   Listen
Arafat

noun
1.
Palestinian statesman who was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1929-2004).  Synonym: Yasser Arafat.





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"Arafat" Quotes from Famous Books



... interest in affairs. I had occasion to know him, however, for a statesman, after the Moorish fashion—a keen if resigned observer of the tragic-comedy of his country's politics, and a pious man withal, who had visited Mecca in the month that is called Shawall, and had cast stones on the hill of Arafat, as the custom is among True Believers. Some years had passed since our first meeting, when I was the bearer of a letter of introduction written by a high official in the intricate Arabic character. It began: "Praise be to God! The blessing of Allah on our Lord Mohammed, and his peace upon ...
— Morocco • S.L. Bensusan
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Words linked to "Arafat" :   Yasser Arafat, national leader, solon, statesman


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