Posted on 12/01/2004 7:00:37 PM PST by NormsRevenge
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Fathi Arafat, the brother of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and founder of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, died Wednesday. He was 67.
Arafat died at 5:20 p.m. at the Palestine Hospital in suburban Cairo, where he had been receiving treatment for stomach cancer, said Mae Arif, spokeswoman for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. Arafat, a physician, was the hospital's director.
In New York City, Arafat's nephew, Nasser al-Kidwa, the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, mourned his death.
"He was not only an uncle but he was a friend, a personal friend I think," al-Kidwa said.
Arafat had been suffering from stomach cancer for about four years and has had two operations in the past three years. Last month, a hospital official said the cancer had spread throughout his body.
Arafat quit his position as chairman of the Palestinian Red Crescent three years ago, but stayed on as honorable chairman. The Red Crescent is the Muslim version of the Red Cross. Arafat was also a senior member of Fatah, the Palestinian Liberation Organization's political movement.
Arafat is survived by his wife, Nadia, and two grown children. His funeral will be held Friday at Cairo's Armed Forces mosque and he will be buried in Egypt, according to his relatives.
His brother, Yasser Arafat, 75, died Nov. 11 in Paris and was buried at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
Dunno much about him, but he had to be better than his brother.
Damnit! Didn't he just die like 2 days before Yasser?
Late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, and his brother Fathi Arafat, right, look at their sister Inam Arafat's coffin during her funeral at a mosque in Khan Younis in this Dec. 11, 1999 file photo. Fathi Arafat, 67, a physician and founder of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, died Wednesday Dec. 1, 2004 at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt where he had been receiving treatment for stomach cancer since at least early November, his nephew and a Palestinian Red Crescent official said.
Is this just the first time he's died?
With this family, you never know.
Fewer and fewer chairs needed for next year's Arafat family reunion.
If ya stuff this article title in the FR Search and select Archive, you will see the mid_November report/thread re: his 1st passing.
Technically , it appears to tbe the 3rd family death in 5 years, but your second comment would appear to be close to true as well. ;-)
Thanks. I'll have to start keeping count.
In the mean time, be thinking about how we can change the field, "Date of Death" to "Dates".
Good!
Is this just the first time he's died?
With this family, you never know.
"Why ask why" as they say in the commercials. This could be the beginning of another very good month.
Did he have AIDS too? Clinton proved you could get sex from Aides.
Fathi "Chip" Arafat....
Was this Yassir's brother, Nosirs, I don't mean maybe?
...that'd be a hellova party.
Arafat remains in stable condition after dying in a Paris hospital.
This is a very good sign that we can ditch the Arafat legacy, attach their funds and.... still deal with irrational Palestinans ere more.
>"Added together that'd make 144 virgins now, wouldn't it?"<
Uh-Uh. I ain't goin' there. I was given a *cease and desist* order on this Mooselim nonsense! ;^D
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