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Al Fatah

American  
[ahl fah-tah] / ˌɑl fɑˈtɑ /

noun

  1. a guerrilla group within the Palestine Liberation Organization.


Al Fatah British  
/ æl ˈfætə /

noun

  1. See Fatah

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Al Fatah

First recorded in 1965–70; from Arabic al “the” + acronym in reverse alphabetical order from the name of the organization Ḥ(arakat) T(aḥrīr) F(ilastīn) “Movement for the Liberation of Palestine,” with play on fataḥ “to conquer”

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The Ministry of Religion has never been in direct contact with Al Fatah or facilitated any of its activities.

From BBC May 13, 2023

The building is owned by the late leader's family - and they have asked Al Fatah to move out.

From BBC May 13, 2023

The Al Fatah school, with eight campuses and 25,000 students from first grade through university, dominates the town.

From New York Times Mar. 23, 2020

Tucked away behind a large mosque on a side street in Yogyakarta, Al Fatah Pesantren is, according to its leader, the only Muslim academy or madrasa for transgender people in the world.

From New York Times Dec. 22, 2015

On Tuesday evening a group of handpicked correspondents, mostly women, were driven to the children's hospital at Al Fatah University and shown two young boys, who were identified as sons of Colonel Gaddafi's.

From Time Magazine Archive

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