Who Can Fill Arafat's Headscarf?

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is severely ill. He has left the leadership of a turbulent nation in uncertain hands. How will Palestine face the future in his absence? Tempo reports the latest from Clamart, Paris.

November 16, 2004

SUHA Arafat's shrieks of anger blazed forth from exotic Paris, crossing the continent before finally landing on television screens in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. "I advise you all to be on your guard to thwart efforts at conspiracy," she fiercely pronounced on al-Jazeera television last Sunday night. "They are trying to bury Abu Amar (Yasser Arafat's nickname—Ed.) alive. Whereas, Abu Amar is healthy and will shortly return

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