a hill in W Saudi Arabia, near Mecca: a sacred site of Islam, visited by pilgrims performing the hajj
Also called: Jabal ar Rahmah
Arafat in British English2
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Yasser (ˈjæsə). 1929–2004, Palestinian leader; cofounder of Al Fatah (1956), leader (1968–2004) of the Palestine Liberation Organization, president of the Palestinian National Authority (1996–2004): signeda peace agreement with Israel (1993); Nobel peace prize 1994 with Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin