Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from PBS Evening News for Friday, Mar 30, 1990


Title: Frontline: The Faces of Arafat

Abstract:

A profile of Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasir Arafat, including excerpts of interviews by Marie Colvin (PBS) with Arafat, author Thomas Friedman, Arafat's personal advisor Bassam Abu Sharif, brother Fathi Arafat, student colleague Nabil Shaath, Palestine National Council member Edward Said, Fatah co-founder Khalid Hassan, George Habash of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Jordan King Hussein, former head of Israeli military intelligence Yehoshafat Harkabi, former US Ambassador for Counterterrorism L. Paul Bremer, journalist/author Helena Cobban, Palestinian scholar Walid Khalidi, former presidential advisor for the Middle East William Quandt, former UN Under Secretary General Brian Urquhart, Arafat's former press liaison officer Karma Nabulsi, head of Arafat's personal security Abu Tayib, Israeli leader Yitzhak Shamir, and others; introductory and concluding remarks by Judy Woodruff (PBS).

Begin Time:09:00:00 pm
End Time:09:57:00 pm
TVN Record Number:656476
Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1990-2009 Vanderbilt University
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