# Arafat

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'''Arafat''' may refer to:
* [Mount Arafat](/source/Mount_Arafat), visited as part of the ''Hajj''
* [Yasser Arafat](/source/Yasser_Arafat) (1929–2004), Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)

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==People==
===Given name===
*[Arafat Djako](/source/Arafat_Djako) (born 1988), Togolese former professional footballer
* [Arafat Minhas](/source/Arafat_Minhas) (born 2005), Pakistani cricketer
* [DJ Arafat](/source/DJ_Arafat) (1986–2019), Ivorian DJ and singer who made music in the Coupé-Décalé genre

===Surname===
* [Fathi Arafat](/source/Fathi_Arafat) (1933–2004), Palestinian physician
* [Hisham Arafat](/source/Hisham_Arafat) (1964/1965–2024), Egyptian politician 
* [Moussa Arafat](/source/Moussa_Arafat) (c. 1940–2005), Palestinian politician, cousin of Yasser Arafat
* [Raed Arafat](/source/Raed_Arafat) (born 1964), Romanian physician
* [Suha Arafat](/source/Suha_Arafat) (born 1963), widow of Yasser Arafat
* [Yasir Arafat (disambiguation)](/source/Yasir_Arafat_(disambiguation)), several people

==Places==
* [Yasser Arafat International Airport](/source/Yasser_Arafat_International_Airport), Palestine
* [Arafat, Makkah](/source/Arafat%2C_Makkah), a plain about 20 km Southeast of Mecca
* [Arafat, Iran](/source/Arafat%2C_Iran), a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* [Arafat, Mauritania](/source/Arafat%2C_Mauritania), a suburb of Nouakchott
* [Arafat, Çınar](/source/Arafat%2C_%C3%87%C4%B1nar), Turkey

==Other uses==
* [''Arafat'' (journal)](/source/Arafat_(journal)), a 1946–47 Pakistani periodical covering Islamic law

== See also ==
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* [Day of Arafah](/source/Day_of_Arafah)

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