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[[File:Fathi Arafat.jpg|thumb|Fathi Arafat in 1986]]
'''Fathi Arafat''' ({{langx|ar|فتحي عرفات}}; January 11, 1933 – December 1, 2004) was a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] physician and a founder and long-term chairman of the [[Palestine Red Crescent Society]]. Born in [[Cairo]], he studied [[medicine]] at [[Cairo University]] from 1950 until 1957 and thereafter practiced as a pediatrician in Egypt, [[Kuwait]] and [[Jordan]]. He was a younger brother of Palestinian president [[Yasser Arafat]].


Arafat became a member of the [[Palestinian National Council]] in 1967. From 1968 he was also President of Palestine General Union of Physicians and Pharmacists. He served as Chief Delegate for Palestine to the [[World Health Organization]] from 1982 onwards. From 1992 he was President of the [[Palestine Academy for Science and Technology]] (formerly Palestine Academy for Scientific Research) and President of the [[Palestine Higher Health Council]].
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'''Fathi Arafat''' (January 11, 1933 &ndash; December 1, 2004), born in [[Cairo]], was a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] physician<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9906002</ref> and a founder and long-term chairman of the Palestine [[Red Crescent]] Society. He studied [[medicine]] at [[Cairo University]] from 1950 until 1957 and thereafter practiced as a pediatrician in [[Cairo]], [[Kuwait]] and [[Jordan]]. He was a younger brother of the late Palestinian president [[Yasser Arafat]].


Arafat died in Cairo on December 1, 2004, from [[stomach cancer]], less than a month after the death of his brother Yasser.
Arafat became a member of the [[Palestinian National Council]] in 1967. From 1968 he was also President of Palestine General Union of Physicians and Pharmacists. He served as Chief Delegate for Palestine to the [[World Health Organization]] in [[Geneva]] from 1982 onwards. From 1992 he was President of the [[Palestine Academy for Science and Technology]] (formerly Palestine Academy for Scientific Research) and President of the [[Palestine Higher Health Council]].

He died in [[Cairo]] on December 1, 2004, from [[stomach cancer]], less than a month after the death of Yasser Arafat.


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Latest revision as of 22:41, 18 November 2024

Fathi Arafat in 1986

Fathi Arafat (Arabic: فتحي عرفات; January 11, 1933 – December 1, 2004) was a Palestinian physician and a founder and long-term chairman of the Palestine Red Crescent Society. Born in Cairo, he studied medicine at Cairo University from 1950 until 1957 and thereafter practiced as a pediatrician in Egypt, Kuwait and Jordan. He was a younger brother of Palestinian president Yasser Arafat.

Arafat became a member of the Palestinian National Council in 1967. From 1968 he was also President of Palestine General Union of Physicians and Pharmacists. He served as Chief Delegate for Palestine to the World Health Organization from 1982 onwards. From 1992 he was President of the Palestine Academy for Science and Technology (formerly Palestine Academy for Scientific Research) and President of the Palestine Higher Health Council.

Arafat died in Cairo on December 1, 2004, from stomach cancer, less than a month after the death of his brother Yasser.

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