Fathi Arafat, 67, the brother of Yasser Arafat and founder of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, died Dec. 1 at the Palestine Hospital in suburban Cairo, where he had been receiving treatment for stomach cancer.
Dr. Arafat, a physician, was the hospital's director.
Fathi Arafat led aid organization in Palestine.
(AP File Photo)
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He quit his position as chairman of the Palestinian Red Crescent three years ago but served as the humanitarian organization's honorable chairman.
He was also a senior member of Fatah, the Palestine Liberation Organization's political movement that was headed by his brother, who died Nov. 11 in Paris.
Dr. Arafat, a 1957 graduate of the University of Cairo, worked for many years in Egypt, Kuwait and Jordan, Agence France-Presse reported.
Survivors include his wife, Nadia; and two children.
