Suha Arafat is the widow of former Palestinian National Authority president Yasser Arafat.
13 Facts About Suha Arafat
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Suha Arafat's father Daoud Tawil, an Oxford-educated banker, was born in Jaffa.
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Suha Arafat's mother, Raymonda Hawa Tawil, born in Acre, is a member of the Hawa family of Acre, prominent property owners in the Haifa area.
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Suha Arafat became a Palestinian political activist after 1967 and was arrested several times by the Israelis, making her a media star.
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Suha Arafat, growing up in Ramallah, was influenced by the political activism of her mother conducted in the 1970s from her PLO-influenced news bureau in East Jerusalem.
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Suha Arafat attended a convent school, Rosary Sisters' School, in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem.
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Suha Arafat converted to Sunni Islam at the time of her marriage.
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However, many Palestinians believe her conversion to be false and allege that Suha Arafat has had millions of dollars channeled into secret bank accounts by her late husband, both of which she denies.
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Suha Arafat's claims were widely denounced as false and antisemitic, and Clinton was criticised for appearing not to swiftly reject the claims, though she criticised the claims the following day.
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On 7 August 2007, Tunisia, without warning Suha Arafat, revoked her citizenship but not her daughter's.
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On 31 October 2011, the Tunis Court of First Instance issued an international arrest warrant for Suha Arafat, relating to corruption in a business deal that involved the former Tunisian first lady, Leila Ben Ali, in 2006.
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Suha Arafat denied reports that she had any money or property belonging to the Palestinian national cause, and she said that she opposed normalization of relations with Israel.
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The purpose of the exhumation, according to Suha Arafat, was to determine whether he was poisoned with polonium.