Mukataa
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Mukataa is an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center, particularly in Palestine. Mukataas were mostly built during the British Mandate as Tegart forts and were used both as British gove
The Mukataa in Ramallah, 2013
The Mukataa with the headquarters of the President of the PLO, 2007
The tomb of Yasser Arafat, covered by a poster while the mausoleum for him was being built
The Mausoleum of Arafat, today
Yasser Arafat
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Yasser Arafat, also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, President of Palestine from
Mukataa
…Ramallah and Gaza, the two major Palestinian cities, were also used as headquarters to the high Palestinian Authority leadership, including as office for Yasser Arafat, long-time Palestinian Authority president. During Operation Defensive Shield in April 2002, the Israeli Defence Forces raided the Mukataas in the West…
Arafat in 1996
Arafat (right) with his sister Khadija and brother Fathi in Cairo, 1942
Arafat with Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader, Nayef Hawatmeh and Palestinian writer Kamal Nasser at press conference in Amman, 1970
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (center) mediating an agreement between Arafat and Jordanian King Hussein to end to the Black September conflict, during the emergency Arab League summit, September 1970