This year, Arafat Day is expected to fall on Tuesday May 26, followed by Eid Al Adha from Wednesday May 27 to Friday May 29 2026. As Arafat Day is a public holiday in the UAE, the combined dates ...

:: Mount Arafat is where the Prophet Mohammad is believed to have delivered his final sermon 14 centuries ago Worshipers could be seen walking along the streets of Arafat, near Mecca, heading towards ...

Yasser Arafat’s medical records do not give conclusive results regarding what caused his death, The New York Times and Haaretz newspapers reported Thursday, prompting Palestinian officials to call for ...

Yasser Arafat is evading many of the promises of reform he made during a desperate effort to stave off a leadership crisis in the Palestinian Authority, disappointed legislators said Tuesday.

The nickname Yasir or Yasser means “easy-going” in Arabic. Arafat acquired it as a teenager. Arafat’s alias, Abu Ammar, was adopted in the mid 1960s. 1950s – After graduating from college, founds a ...