Arafat's symbiotic relationship with the Palestinian people explains both his greatness and his fatal flaws, writes Hani Shukrallah

Few have negotiated the minefields of Middle Eastern politics with as muck skill as Yasser Arafat, writes Amin Howeidi, who headed the Egyptian General Intelligence during the post 1967 tumultuous years

Naseer Aruri takes stock of the twofold legacy of Arafat

Fatah's leaders will support Abu Mazen as the next president but will not allow him the free-hand Arafat enjoyed, writes Basheer M Nafie

Arafat may have been controversial. His legacy is not, writes Hassan Nafaa

The death of Yasser Arafat, writes Noam Chomsky, provides some object lessons on the importance of owning history and the principles that guide its proper shaping

Uri Avnery leads a delegation of Israeli peace activists to Araft's funeral in Ramallah, and encounters hundreds of expressions of gratitude and friendship from Palestinians