Posted: 10/28/2012 10:54:56 AM EDT
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20094375 
Eight years after the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died, he still remains a towering figure in Palestinian society. And he hasn't completely disappeared. Picture the scene: You have popped down your local fruit and veg market to pick up a packet of potatoes, possibly a pepper, a couple of onions. You are beginning to daydream about the corned beef hash you are planning to rustle up later. When who should emerge from behind a pile of peaches, but Yasser Arafat. Decked out in green military fatigues and his trademark chequered black and white headscarf, Chairman Arafat saunters through the crowds pausing occasionally to admire the cherry tomatoes or a nice looking melon. "Two for a fiver, Abu Ammar," shouts a trader, in what I assume must be something akin to cockney Arabic. |