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Also Known As Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raʾūf al-Qudwah al-Ḥusaynī • Abū ʿAmmār • Yāsir ʿArafāt
Born August 24, 1929? • Cairo? • Egypt
Died November 11, 2004 • Paris • France
Founder Fatah
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1994)
Role In Oslo Accords • two-state solution

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