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'''Suha Daoud Arafat''' ({{lang-ar|سهى داود عرفات}}), ''née'' '''Suha Daoud Tawil''' (سهى داود الطويل) (born [[17 July]] [[1963]]), is the widow of [[Palestinian Authority]] President [[Yasser Arafat]]. |
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A TEN CENT WHORE THAT GOT AIDS FROM HER HUBBY, AND FROM HAVING SEX WITH PIGS. RUMORED TO REALLY BE A MAN IN DISGUISE. |
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==Early life== |
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Suha was born in the [[West Bank]] in 1963 into an affluent [[Palestinian Christian|Christian]] family who lived in [[Nablus]] and then [[Ramallah]] (both cities under [[Jordan]]ian authority at the time). Suha's father Daoud Tawil, an [[Oxford]]-educated<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/Middle-East-Crisis/Stifling-of-Suha/2004/11/13/1100227630102.html "Stifling of Suha"], Telegraph / The Age, [[November 14]], [[2004]]</ref> banker,<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35240-2004Nov8.html "Fight Over Icon Has Plenty of Precedent"], Washington Post Foreign Service, [[November 9]], [[2004]]</ref> was born in [[Jaffa]] (now part of [[Tel-Aviv]]). Suha's mother, Raymonda Hawa Tawil, born in [[Acre]], was a politically-active Palestinian militant, poet and writer. |
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Suha attended a convent school, Rosary Sisters' School, in [[Beit Hanina]], [[Jerusalem]] and the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]] in Paris. As a student, Suha was a leader in the [[General Union For Palestine Students]] (GUPS) in France, where she organized demonstrations for the Palestinian cause. |
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==Marriage to Arafat== |
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Suha, her mother, and her sisters met Arafat for the first time in 1985.<ref>[ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2848225.ece "Arafat’s widow: I live on just £5,000 a month"] </ref> When he visited France in 1989, she acted as an interpreter at the meetings with visitors and French government officials. Soon after his departure from Paris, Arafat asked Suha to come and work with him in [[Tunisia]] (where the [[Palestinian Liberation Organization]] had set up a haven).<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35240-2004Nov8.html "Fight Over Icon Has Plenty of Precedent"], Washington Post Foreign Service, [[November 9]], [[2004]]</ref> |
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Suha married Arafat on July 17, 1990, when she was aged 27 and he was 61. At the time of their marriage, she was a [[Greek Orthodox]] [[Christian]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35240-2004Nov8.html "Fight Over Icon Has Plenty of Precedent"], Washington Post Foreign Service, [[November 9]], [[2004]]</ref> Their only child, daughter Zahwa, was born on [[July 24]], [[1995]] in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], France. |
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In February 2004, French prosecutors began an investigation of why large amounts of money were being transferred into her bank account. Israel suspected money had been diverted to the [[Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1146032,00.html "Why was Euro 1 million a month sent to Arafat's wife?"], ''The Guardian''</ref> |
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==November 1999 speech and embrace of Hillary Clinton== |
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In November 1999, at a function inaugurating a new American-funded health initiative in the West Bank, Suha launched into a tirade against Israel, making unsubstantiated claims (in Arabic) that the Israeli government was responsible for cancer rates in Palestinian areas. Then-[[First Lady of the United States|U.S. First Lady]] [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] was present at the ceremony and was sitting feet away from Arafat on the dais when the remarks were made. Unsure of how to handle the Palestinian first lady's unexpected outburst, Clinton accepted a hug from Suha and kissed her on the cheek. A senior Palestinian official later apologized to Washington for the embarrassment caused to Clinton and noted that Suha's claims could not be verified. Clinton herself later explained that she was not fully aware of the nature of the speech and that the English translation was difficult to follow. |
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==Arafat's death and afterwards== |
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As Arafat was dying in Paris in 2004, she accompanied him in his hospital room and was instructed to talk to him in an attempt to bring him out of his coma. He died [[November 11]], [[2004]]. According to Suha, the PNA pays her $10,000 (£5,000) per month, and the money is his pension. However, according to ''The Sunday Times'', reports stated she pressed "senior Palestinian officials for millions of dollars to sustain her supposedly lavish lifestyle".<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2848225.ece "Arafat’s widow: I live on just £5,000 a month"]</ref> |
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Suha and Zahwa moved to Tunisia in 2004, and gained local citizenship; however, in 2007, Tunisia's official register published a notification that Suha had lost this citizenship (the decree made no reference to Zahwa). No explanation was given.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B01E7DC133FF936A2575BC0A9619C8B63 |date=[[2007-08-15]] |accessdate=2007-11-03 |publisher=The New York Times |title=Tunisia: Arafat's Widow Loses Citizenship}}</ref> An ''[[Al Jazeera]]'' report speculated that the revocation of citizenship was due to a dispute between Suha and her business partners,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D4E01018-2F86-4458-98F5-F6E5269E28BB.htm |publisher=Al Jazeera |title=Tunis cancels Suha Arafat passport |date=[[2007-08-14]] |accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref> but ''The Sunday Times'' stated that the revocation "apparently [came] after a dispute with the president’s wife over the establishment of a school".<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2848225.ece "Arafat’s widow: I live on just £5,000 a month"]</ref> |
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With the loss of her citizenship, Suha departed for [[Malta]]. Maltese newspapers wrote that upon her arrival, Suha stayed in the Libyan embassy before moving into a new US$1.5 million [[Valletta]] home, and received the protection of a Libyan security detail, all paid for personally by Libyan leader [[Muammar al-Gaddafi]]. Suha denied the claim and attacked the assumption that anything would be wrong with this if it were true, noting that al-Gaddafi was a friend of her husband's.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Malta Media |url=http://www.maltamedia.com/artman2/publish/govt_politics/article_3797.shtml |title=Gadhafi sponsors Arafat's family in Malta |date=[[2007-10-18]] |accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=179661&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 |publisher=The Gulf Times |date=[[2007-10-21]] |accessdate=2007-11-03 |title=Suha Arafat denies home paid for by Gaddafi}}</ref> |
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Unconfirmed reports stated that Suha had married businessman [[Bilhassan Tarabulsi]], the brother of the Tunisian president's wife. Suha, however, denied the reports.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1186557435026&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull]</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3965541.stm "Profile: Suha Arafat"], BBC |
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[[Category:1963 births]] |
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[[Category:Palestinian Eastern Orthodox Christians]] |
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[[Category:Palestinian leaders]] |
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[[bg:Суха Арафат]] |
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[[he:סוהא ערפאת]] |
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[[ru:Суха Арафат]] |
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Revision as of 01:20, 12 January 2009
A TEN CENT WHORE THAT GOT AIDS FROM HER HUBBY, AND FROM HAVING SEX WITH PIGS. RUMORED TO REALLY BE A MAN IN DISGUISE.