Fathi Arafat
Fathi Arafat | |
|---|---|
 Fathi Arafat in 1986 | |
| Born | 11 January 1933  Cairo |
| Died | 1 December 2004 (aged 71) Cairo |
| Alma mater | Cairo University |
| Occupation | Physician, founder of Palestine Red Crescent Society |
| Relatives | Yasser Arafat, Khadija Arafat |
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.[1] Born in Cairo, he studied medicine at Cairo University from 1950 until 1957 and thereafter practiced as a pediatrician in Egypt, Kuwait and Jordan.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
Arafat died in Cairo on December 1, 2004, from stomach cancer, less than a month after the death of his brother Yasser.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "ʿArafāt, Fatḥi 1933-2004 - Social Networks and Archival Context". SNAC. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020.
- ^ "elmundo.es - Fathi Arafat, el hermano menor de Arafat". El Mundo (Spain).
- ^ "Fathi, le frère de Arafat, inhumé au Caire". L'Orient–Le Jour (in French). 4 December 2004.
- ^ "Décès du frère cadet de Yasser Arafat". Le Monde (in French). 3 December 2004.
- ^ "Dr Fathi Arafat - Obituaries, News - The Independent". The Independent. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
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