In this iconoclastic biography, Said K Aburish turns the Western perception of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat upside down.
Aburish is both gentle and condemnatory of Arafat, who is shown as a wily Arab tribal chief, heroic in his way, but utterly unsuited for the leadership of a modern state. This is the first book to chronicle the immense harm done to his people and to the cause of the Middle East peace by the leader of the PLO.
Said Aburish is a veteran Palestinian journalist and he has produced a devastating critique of the man who would be president of a Palestinian state.
