Career
He was the head of the Syrian football association 3 times. Marwan Arafat was born in the district of Rukn ad-Deen in Damascus, where he finished his primary and secondary school studies. He continued his studies in Geography department of the Damascus University.
He received his diploma and Master"s degree in Education from the Damascus University.
Later on, he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Physical education from the United States. Arafat was married to Afaf First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Hibri and had four children: Waheed (a lawyer), Hanadi (a Sport teacher and special Olympics trainer), Waseem (a Urologist in Germany) and Waddah (Internal Medicine physician at Indiana University in the United States).
Arafat was an active journalist, renowned lecturer in Asian football and one of the prominent sports figure in Syrian football and media. He was a lecturer in Damascus University from 1978 until his death in 2012.
