Editing Yasser Arafat (section)

===Personal life===
In 1990, Arafat married [[Suha Arafat|Suha Tawil]], a [[Palestinian Christians|Palestinian Christian]], when he was 61 and Suha, 27. Her mother introduced her to him in France, after which she worked as his secretary in Tunis.<ref>{{harvnb|Aburish|1998|pages=[https://archive.org/details/arafatfromdefend0001abur/page/246 246–247]}}</ref><ref name="Suha">{{cite news|title=Profile: Suha Arafat |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3965541.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=11 November 2004|access-date=16 June 2024 }}</ref> Prior to their marriage, Arafat adopted fifty Palestinian [[orphan|war orphans]].<ref name="timeexpecting">{{cite magazine|title=Milestones|magazine=Time|date=19 December 1994 }}</ref> During their marriage, Suha tried to leave Arafat on many occasions, but he forbade it.<ref name="star1">{{cite journal|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Feb-09/205749-arafats-widow-tried-to-leave-palestinian-leader-hundreds-of-times.ashx#axzz2KIO7W2jH|title=Arafat's widow tried to leave Palestinian leader 'hundreds of times'|journal=The Daily Star|date=9 February 2013|access-date=11 February 2013|archive-date=16 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816043730/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Feb-09/205749-arafats-widow-tried-to-leave-palestinian-leader-hundreds-of-times.ashx#axzz2KIO7W2jH|url-status=dead}}</ref> Suha said she regrets the marriage, and given the choice again would not repeat it.<ref name="star1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/suha-arafat-i-wish-id-never-married-him/|title=Suha Arafat: I wish I'd never married him|website=[[The Times of Israel]] |first=Stuart |last=Winer |date=10 February 2013 |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref> In mid-1995, Arafat's wife Suha gave birth in a Paris hospital to a daughter, named Zahwa after Arafat's mother.<ref>{{harvnb|Aburish|1998|pages=[https://archive.org/details/arafatfromdefend0001abur/page/290 290]}}</ref>