Fathi Arafat: Founder of the Palestine Red Crescent and Brother of Yasse

Fathi Arafat was a Palestinian physician who founded the Palestine Red Crescent Society. Born on January 11, 1933, in Cairo, he studied medicine at Cairo University and worked as a pediatrician in Egypt, Kuwait and Jordan.

He chaired the Palestine Red Crescent Society for many years and was a member of the Palestinian National Council from 1967. He was Palestine's chief delegate to the World Health Organization from 1982 and led several medical and scientific bodies.

Fathi was the younger brother of Yasser Arafat, who died less than three weeks earlier. He died of stomach cancer in Cairo on December 1, 2004, at age 71.

Achievements: Founder of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, WHO delegate (1982-2004).

Birth: January 11, 1933 - Cairo, Egypt.

Profession: Physician.

Interesting Facts: He died just weeks after his brother.