Recalling an interview with Yasser Arafat on the anniversary of his death
By Habib Toumi MANAMA: It was around midnight when we got the much-awaited call announcing that the “Chairman” would meet us within a couple of hours at an hotel transformed into the temporary headquarters of the Palestinian authority in Tunisia. We immediately leapt into action, rushed our cameras, stands and microphones and headed towards Borj […]
Arafat’s Body To Be Exhumed For Autopsy
Palestinians pass by a huge poster of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat with al-Aqsa mosque in Gaza City on July 4, 2012. The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has agreed to exhume late President Yasser Arafat’s body for examination upon a request of some of his family members, a spokesman said Wednesday. <Xinhua/Wissam Nassar> news@theasian.asia