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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Peace (130) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1990s (104) 1994 (12) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1920s (114) 1929 (14) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Africa (26) Africa, northern (9) Egypt (6) Cairo (4) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2000s (70) 2004 (12) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) France (51) Clamart (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) Y (10) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) A (40) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Islam (12) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 66 (17) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Management Occupations (53) Top Executives (53) Legislators (53) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Asia (83) Middle East (16) Palestinian territories (1) 35. Worked for Government 35. Worked for Government Asia (9) Middle East (4) Palestinian territories (1) Leader (1) Political Leader (1) 36. Government Status at Award Time 36. Government Status at Award Time After office (37) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Africa (3) Africa, northern (3) Egypt (3) Cairo (3) Cairo University (2) Alumni (2) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) D (194) Doublespeak Award (1) E-F (439) F (394) Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize (5) G-H (389) G (254) Grand Collar of the Order of Good Hope (2) I-J (268) J (208) Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (6) K-L (297) K (173) Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (4) O-P (364) O (205) Order of Playa Girón (2) Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class (2) Order of the White Lion (1) P (242) Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (6) complete name: Yasser Arafat nobel prize: peace award year: 1994 together with: Yitzhak Rabin together with: Shimon Peres prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Peace Prize 1994 was awarded jointly to Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture birth name: محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات given name: Yasser family name: Arafat occupation: engineer occupation: politician occupation: civil engineer description: Yasser Arafat was a Palestinian leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and leader of the Fatah political party and former paramilitary group, which he founded in 1959. Originally opposed to Israel's existence, he modified his position in 1988 when he accepted UN Security Council Resolution 242. Arafat and his movement operated from several Arab countries. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Fatah faced off with Jordan in a brief civil war. Forced out of Jordan and into Lebanon, Arafat and Fatah were major targets of Israel's 1978 and 1982 invasions of that country. Later in his career, Arafat engaged in a series of negotiations with the government of Israel to end the decades-long conflict between it and the PLO. These included the Madrid Conference of 1991, the 1993 Oslo Accords and the 2000 Camp David Summit. His political rivals, including Islamists and several PLO leftists, often denounced him for being corrupt or too submissive in his concessions to the Israeli government. In 1994 Arafat received the Nobel Peace Prize, together with Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, for the negotiations at Oslo. During this time, Hamas and other militant organizations rose to power and shook the foundations of the authority that Fatah under Arafat had established in the Palestinian territories. In late 2004, after effectively being confined within his Ramallah compound for over two years by the Israeli army, Arafat became ill, fell into a coma and died on 11 November 2004 at the age of 75. While the cause of Arafat's death has remained the subject of speculation, investigations by Russian and French teams determined no foul play was involved. Arafat remains a controversial figure. The majority of the Palestinian people view him as a heroic freedom fighter and martyr who symbolized the national aspirations of his people, while most Israelis came to regard him as an unrepentant terrorist. pronunciation: (/ˈærəˌfæt, ˈɑːrəˌfɑːt/; Arabic: محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات), popularly known as Yasser Arafat (Arabic: ياسر عرفات , Yāsir `Arafāt) or by his kunya Abu Ammar (Arabic: أبو عمار , 'Abū `Ammār), image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Peace Prize 1994. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1994/summary/> date birth: 1929 date death: 2004 usual name: Yasser Arafat
