1984 Arab Refugees

Yasser Arafat also proudly stated in his authorized biography that, “If there is any such thing as a Palestinian people, it is I, Yasser, who created them.”

Many Arabs identify their origins by their family names. Here are some of the most common family names among the “Palestinians”:

“Masri” = from Egypt-Hamas member of Parliament, Mushir al-Masri (the word

“masri” littelery means “the Egyptian” in Arabic !).

“Khamis”= Bahrain “Salem Hanna Khamis” “al-Faruqi”= Mosul, Iraq

“al-Araj” = Morocco, a member of the Saadi Dynasty “Hussein al-Araj”

“al Lubnani”= the Lebanese

“al-Mughrabi” = the Moroccan (Maghreb” – meaning “West” in Arabic, and usually referring to North Africa or specifically to Morocco)

“al-Djazair” = the Algerian

“al-Yamani” = the Yemeni “Issam Al Yamani”

“al-Afghani” = the Afghan

“al-Hindi” = the Indian “Amin al-Hindi”

“Iraqi” from Iraq.

“halabi” = from Aleppo, Syria

“Tarabulsi”= Tarabulus-Tripoli, Lebanon.

“Hourani” = Houran Syria.

“al-Husayni” = Saudi Arabia.

“Saudi” = Saudi Arabia.

“Metzarwah”=Egypt.

“Barda—wil” = “Salah Bardawil” HAMAS legislator in Gaza; Egypt, Bardawil Lake area.

“Nashashibi” = Syria

“Bushnak” = Bosnia

“zoabi”= from Iraq: “Haneen Zoabi”.

“Turki” = Turkey “Daud Turki”

“al-Kurd” = Kurdistan

“Haddadins” = YEMEN descended from Ghassanid Christian Arabs.

“Arab Abu-Kishk” = Egypt.(Bedouins)

“Arab al shakirat” = Egypt (Bedouins)

“Arab al zabidat” = Egypt (Bedouins)

“Arab al aramsha” = Egypt (Bedouins)

Source: Arafat: Terrorist or peacemaker by Alan Hart; http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/182419