# Arafat's wife. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 12, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374 "2004-11-12T13:57:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374/41 "2004-11-13T07:32:40Z")
A beard is a woman that a gay man dates or marries so that people won’t realize he’s gay. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374/42 "2004-11-13T07:43:11Z")
Wh… wh… what ? :o 😕 :eek: 😕 :o Ok, I’ll just go back to hanging my head in shame at my ignorance now. Thanks. I had no idea that Arafat was gay :o ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374/43 "2004-11-13T08:58:48Z")
> [@Ayesha](#): > > Ok, I’ll just go back to hanging my head in shame at my ignorance now. Thanks. > I had no idea that Arafat was gay :o Well, gayness and straightness are somewhat more loosely defined in the middle east than in the west, crystalized by the Persian saying: “a woman for duty, a boy for pleasure, a melon for ecstasy.” Although the mullahs and ayatollahs make a lot of noise about western decadence, it’s clear that if you’re wealthy enough in the middle east, you can indulge yourself pretty much any way you wish. Further to your ignorance-dispelling, the lesbian equivalent of an escort of the opposite sex is a “handbag”, something for convenience and appearances only. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374/44 "2004-11-13T09:32:06Z")
snip > [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > a melon for ecstasy." snip A, a, a… melon !!! ::shakes head:: Learn something new every day. I will be checking my melons very carefully, the first one of those bitches that comes on to my husband is getting punted right out the door. :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374/45 "2004-11-13T09:37:42Z")
> [@Ayesha](#): > > snip snip > > A, a, a… melon !!! > > ::shakes head:: Learn something new every day. I will be checking my melons very carefully, the first one of those bitches that comes on to my husband is getting punted right out the door. :eek: 😃 Actually, I think you’re supposed to gently microwave them first, to get them up to body temperature. So I’ve heard. From a friend. Of a friend. While we’re on this hijack, am I the only one who thinks Arafat was a dead ringer {so to speak} for Ringo Starr? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374/46 "2004-11-13T10:00:19Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > At what stage of development does a fetus become a viable marriage candidate? ObOtherPost: As soon as gays can fuck it? ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374/47 "2004-11-13T10:24:38Z")
> [@Middlecase](#): > > . While we’re on this hijack, am I the only one who thinks Arafat was a dead ringer {so to speak} for Ringo Starr? One of his less often mentioned accomplishments: His cover version of _Yellow Submarine_ cannot be beat. Yasser Arafat, true Renaissance man. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374/48 "2004-11-13T13:21:25Z")
> [@PaulFitzroy](#): > > At this very moment, the ‘Fedayee’ is in his bedroom making love to his bodyguard. The one I knew was his latest lover. He’s playing tiger again. “Playing tiger”. Brilliant. I’m going to use this as my new euphemism for sex. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374/49 "2004-11-13T14:42:01Z")
jeez people, at least let the woman bury her husband before you start making allegations about her relationship. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374/50 "2004-11-13T15:17:45Z")
> [@TwistofFate](#): > > jeez people, at least let the woman bury her husband before you start making allegations about her relationship. I’m pretty sure he was buried by the time the OP was posted. Not for very long, perhaps, but I’m pretty sure Arafat was in the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374/51 "2004-11-13T16:06:17Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I’m pretty sure he was buried by the time the OP was posted. Not for very long, perhaps, but I’m pretty sure Arafat was in the ground. _ **v-e-r-y** _ barely! [From the BBC reporters’ Logs](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4005605.stm): > [@](#): > > Lyse Doucet :: Ramallah :: **1323GMT** > We are told now that prayers have been chanted in the Islamic tradition and the body of Yasser Arafat has been put in the marble tomb, which also has soil from Jerusalem. > > We understand Yasser Arafat has now been buried, put in his final resting place in this compound filled with Palestinian people. > > There is a crush of people around the graveside. (Emphasis on timestamp mine) The OP was submitted at **13:57 GMT**. I’d say the body was probably still warm :eek: Re: The OP (and following speculation on his preferences) - Suha looked a lot better 13 years ago than she does now. She is also a mini-celebrity in her own right - the daughter of Palestinian writer and political activist Reymonda Tawill - and a rather forceful and resourceful personlaity. Nonetheless, one of the local Friday papers here, in a background article, claims that they were truly fond of each other… who knows? (I can probably dredge up a link [I saw it in print], but it will be in Hebrew only anyway) As to Arafat’s sexual preferences - it’s well known rumor in this part of the world that he was either homo- or bi-sexual. There has never been any **confirmation** of this, to be sure, but the stories have had tenacious staying power. Which is not to say they are necessarily true, but still… Dani ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374/52 "2004-11-13T16:11:03Z")
> [@Middlecase](#): > > Actually, I think you’re supposed to gently microwave them first, to get them up to body temperature. So I’ve heard. From a friend. Of a friend. While we’re on this hijack, am I the only one who thinks Arafat was a dead ringer {so to speak} for Ringo Starr? The Arafar-Ringo joke has been going around since the 1970s. I noticed it & then heard it on a Weekend Update on SNL a year later. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafats-wife/274374.md?page=2)