Al-Qudwa, also spelled, al-Qudwah, Kudwah, Qidwa, () is a famous family of notables in the city of Gaza in the State of Palestine of the Ashraf class () . The family is also known as Arafat (), Arafat al-Qudwa or Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini .
Prominent members Yasser Arafat, His full name is Mohammad Yasser Abdul Raouf Dawoud Arafat al-Qudwa al-Hussieni, President of Palestinian National Authority, Chairman of PLO, and Laureate of the Nobel Prize Fathi Arafat, founder and chairman of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, and member of the Palestinian National Council.The Independent Moussa Arafat, head of the Palestinian Public Security Service in the Gaza Strip. Muhammad al-Qudwa, governor of the Gaza Governorate (1996–2014) Nasser al-Qudwa, former Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, UN special envoy to Syria.
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