"My childhood and my youth were my first life. Arafat became my second. Our daughter is proud to bear her father's name, however it is an extremely difficult life. My life with him was hard. However, my life without him is even harder. It is as if I am walking in a field covered with mines and I have no idea when one will go off. We were married for 22 years; however it felt like it was 50." "Yes, it was my fate," states Süha Arafat, who lost her husband on November 11th, 2004. "I believe that our fate is written when we are born.