Qudwa
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| Al-Qudwa القدوة | |
|---|---|
| Hussenid Arab tribe | |
| Nisba | Al-Qudwa Al-Husseini (Al-Husayni) |
| Location | Mainly Gaza |
| Descended from | Yusef al-Qudwa |
| Branches | Banū Mohammad Banū Arafat |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Al-Qudwa, also spelled, al-Qudwah, Kudwah, Qidwa, (Arabic: القدوة) is a famous family of notables in the city of Gaza in the State of Palestine of the Ashraf class (الأشراف) . The family is also known as Arafat (Arabic: عرفات), 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.
- 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.