Fathi Arafat, 67; Founder of Aid Agency, Brother of Yasser Arafat
Fathi Arafat, 67, the brother of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and founder of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, has died.
Arafat died Wednesday at a hospital in suburban Cairo, where he had been receiving treatment for stomach cancer, said Mae Arif, a spokeswoman for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. Arafat, a physician, was the hospital’s director.
Arafat quit his position as chairman of the Palestinian Red Crescent three years ago, but had served as honorary chairman. He also was a senior member of Fatah, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s political movement headed by his brother.
Yasser Arafat, 75, died Nov. 11 in Paris and was buried at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
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