Arafat, Yasser (Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat Al Qudua) b. August 4, 1929 d. November 11, 2004 Palestinian Leader, He was a 1994 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, the Leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and head of the Palestinian Authority. Born Mohammed Yasser Abdul-Ra'ouf Qudwa Al-Husseini, in Egypt of Palestinian parents, Yasser Arafat grew up in Cairo until he was five years old, when his mother died. (The place of Arafat's birth is in dispute. Some accounts put his birth in Jerusalem, other sources say he was born in the Gaza Strip. His date of birth is also in dispute as...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) The Muqata, Ramallah, Ramallah and al-Bireh, West Bank
b. August 4, 1929 d. November 11, 2004