Yasser Arafat
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Biography
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...
Known For
Filmography
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Walled Off
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Hamas System
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Bridge over the Fault Line II
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Unveiling Arafat
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
2022
as Self (archive footage)
1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Munich '72
2022
as Politician (archive footage)
The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
2021
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Sigrid Kaag: van Beiroet tot Binnenhof
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Lebanon in Crisis
2020
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Moonface: A Woman in the War
2019
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
King Bibi
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Two Meetings and a Funeral
2017
Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974)
2016
as Self
Dancing Arabs
2014
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Palme
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Hans van Mierlo, What I Still Dream of Writing
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Live and Become
2005
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saddam and the Third Reich
2005
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Israel and the Arabs - Elusive Peace
2005
as Self
Celsius 41.11
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Crossing Kalandia
2003
as Self
Persona Non Grata
2003
as Self
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs
1998
as Self
Assassinations That Changed the World
1996
Dispatches
1987
Rockin' Ronnie
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984
as Self
The Ship of Exile
1982
as Self
A Letter from Beirut
1978
as Self - Chef de l'OLP
The Palestinian
1977
as Self
Greetings to Kamal Jumblatt
1977
as Himself
Israel, chosen and hated
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Who Loves the Earth
1974
as Self
We Are the Palestinian People (Newsreel #65)
1973
as Self
World in Action
1963