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Bassam Abu Sharif, Former Senior Adviser to the Late Yasser Arafat
The man Time Magazine described as the Face of Terror, Bassam Abu Sharif talks about his life at the side of Yasser Arafat, and his struggle for an independent Palestine.
Bassam Abu Sharif, joined a radical Palestinian group in the 1960s and was labelled the 'face of terror' by Time Magazine.
He survived an assassination attempt, and as an advisor to Yasser Arafat worked towards a two state solution.
On The Interview he tells Owen Bennett-Jones about his life at the heart of the PLO, and why his people still don't have an independent homeland.
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06:32GMT
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