Arafat

Arafat may refer to:

People

Given name

  • Arafat Minhas (born 2005), Pakistani cricketer
  • DJ Arafat (1986–2019), Ivorian DJ and singer who made music in the Coupé-Décalé genre

Surname

  • Fathi Arafat (1933–2004), Palestinian physician
  • Hisham Arafat (1964/1965–2024), Egyptian politician
  • Moussa Arafat (c. 1940–2005), Palestinian politician, cousin of Yasser Arafat
  • Raed Arafat (born 1964), Romanian physician
  • Suha Arafat (born 1963), widow of Yasser Arafat
  • Yasir Arafat (disambiguation), several people
  • Yasser Arafat (1929–2004), Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)

Places

  • Yasser Arafat International Airport, Palestine
  • Arafat, Makkah, a plain about 20 km Southeast of Mecca
  • Mount Arafat, visited as part of the Hajj
  • Arafat, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
  • Arafat, Mauritania, a suburb of Nouakchott
  • Arafat, Çınar, Turkey

Other uses

  • Arafat (journal), a 1946–47 Pakistani periodical covering Islamic law

See also

  • Day of Arafah
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