Arafat

Arafat is a surname or given name, and may refer to:

• Yasser Arafat (1929–2004), Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)
• Fathi Arafat (1933–2004), Palestinian physician
• Moussa Arafat (circa 1940–2005), cousin of Yasser Arafat
• Raed Arafat (born 1964), Romanian physician
• Suha Arafat (born 1963), widow of Yasser Arafat
• Yasir Arafat (cricketer) (born 1982), Pakistani cricketer

See also

• Mount Arafat, visited as part of the Hajj
• Day of Arafa
• Arafat, Mauritania