According to an online bio, Arafat Madi (aka Arafat Madi Shoukri) is described as follows:
Arafat Shoukri is Executive Director of the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) and Chair of the European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza, an umbrella body of more than 30 NGOs across Europe. He has participated in many conferences on the issue of Palestinian refugees and is a regular commentator in the media about the current affairs of the Palestinian refugees. He holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Dr. Shoukri is also known to be the head of the Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR).
The Palestinian Return Centre, European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza, and the Council for European Palestinian Relations are all part of the Hamas support infrastructure in Europe and close to the Global Muslim Brotherhood.
In June 2014, the Facebook page of a close colleague reported that Dr. Shoukri was leaving the UK where he had been living to take a new, unidentified job in Qatar.