| The best water in Mekka is brought by a conduit from the vicinity of Arafat, six or seven hours distant. |
| Mr Arafat comes over as an impossible ditherer, exasperating even to his comrades. |
| During the last two decades of his life, Arafat found himself backed into a corner. |
| At the head of the tomb is a photograph of Arafat with a kaffiyeh draped over it. |
| I walked to Mount Arafat, to enjoy from its summit a more distinct view of the whole. |
| That said, it is completely untrue that this new government is an attempt to replace, or edge out, President Arafat. |
