Arafat - From Defender to Dictator

"Aburish is both gentle and condemnatory with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat in this first biography by another Palestinian... With many fresh insights... Above all, Aburish shows clearly how Arafat carefully reconstructed the Palestinian national identity which some Israeli leaders, like Golda Meier sought to deny and destroy." "The unflattering portrait of Saïd Aburashi shows Arafat as a wily Arab tribal chief, heroic in this way bit utterly unsuited for the leadership of a modern state" Daily Telegraph. "A sad verdict on a man who once promised so much" Financial Times. " Saïd Aburashi, a veteran Palestinian journalist has produced a devastating critique of the man who would be president of a Palestinian state... The detailed fashion in which Aburashi has uncovered both Arafat's history and the workings of the regime are valuable resource" Jewish Chronicle. " Insightful but less flattering portrait of a political leader who is a throwback to an earlier age - the age of the brave, uneducated, wily Arab chief" Yorkshire Post. " A detailed and generous biography". Morning Star