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Yasser Arafat (1929–2004)

Yasir Arafat was born Rahman Abdul Rauf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husayni on August 24, 1929. Although he was raised in Cairo, Egypt, he always considered himself a Palestinian. In the late 1940s while a student in Egypt, he became an ardent Arab nationalist and adopted the name Yasir, after Yasir al Birah... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2004 BBC World News (TV series)
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Episode dated 29 January 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 America Undercover (TV series documentary)
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Persona Non Grata (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Les dix
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1999 Yitzhak Rabin: Warrior/Peacemaker (TV documentary)
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1996 Caiga quien caiga (TV series)
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Episode #2.7 (1996) … Himself
 
1995 Juan Carlos I: Crónica de 20 años (TV movie)
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1995 Larry King Live (TV series)
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Episode dated 8 June 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1990 This Week (TV series)
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Battle for Peace (1990) … Himself
 
1982-1985 Panorama (TV series documentary)
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Arafat: Paying the Price of Terror (1985) … Himself
Israel: Resisting the Squeeze (1982) … Himself
 
1975-1983 Weekend World (TV series)
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The Middle East - New Hope for Peace? (1983) … Himself
Episode dated 19 January 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1977 The Frost Programme (TV series)
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Episode #1.5 (1977) … Himself
 
1973 Wer die Erde liebt (documentary)
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1970 The Storm
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1969 World in Action (TV series documentary)
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The Six Day War - Day 666 (1969) … Himself
 
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2012 Palme (documentary)
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2004-2012 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Joschka und Herr Fischer (documentary)
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2010 Nazi Collaborators (TV series documentary)
 
2010 War of the Gods (documentary)
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2009 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
 
2008 Secrets of Body Language (TV documentary)
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2008 Catalunya.cat (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Weaponology (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Situation Critical (TV series documentary)
 
2007 La tele de tu vida (TV series)
 
2006 Weltberühmt in Österreich - 50 Jahre Austropop (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Al Jazeera English (TV series)
 
2006 La imagen de tu vida (TV series)
 
2006 The Naked Archaeologist (TV series)
 
2005 50 y más (TV movie)
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2005 Live and Become
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Dining with the Devil (TV documentary)
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2004 Last Laugh '04 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 TV-Avisen (TV series)
 
2003 Året der gik 2003 (TV special)
Himself - President, Palestine (as Yassir Arafat)
 
2003 Unsere Besten (TV series)
 
2003 Sea of Silence
Himself (uncredited)
 
2003 Crossing Kalandia (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2003 History's Mysteries: Infamous Murders (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Biography of the Year 2003 (TV short)
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2002 My Terrorist (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Der Frieden und sein Preis - Das Vermächtnis des Alfred Nobel (TV documentary short)
Himself - Laureate 1994
 
2000 Operation Thunderbolt: Entebbe (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1999 Österreich - Unser Jahrhundert (TV series documentary)
 
1996 Assassinations That Changed the World (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself (1996)
 
1995 Underground
Himself (at funeral of Tito) (uncredited)
 
1992 Peter's Friends
Himself (uncredited)
 
1991 Desert Storm: The War Begins (TV documentary)
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Personal Details


Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 4 Interviews  | 9 Articles  | 6 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Abu Ammar | Jassir Arafat | Yassir Arafat

Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Arafat was born August 24, 1929, in Cairo, Egypt, though he has often said he was born in Jerusalem. He was the sixth of seven children of a Palestinian merchant and his wife, a member of a prominent Arab family in Jerusalem See more »

Trademark:

Turban and sunglasses See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo