Mar Elias refugee camp
Mar Elias (Arabic: مار الياس) was a Palestinian refugee camp in the southwestern part of Beirut, Lebanon. The camp was founded in 1952 by the Mar Elias (Prophet Elijah) Greek Orthodox convent[1] and is composed mainly of Christian Palestinians (almost all the rest of the refugee camps house Muslim Palestinians).
In 2002 there were 1,406 registered refugees in the camp.
References
- ↑ "Mar Elias Refugee Camp". Lebanon Camp Profiles. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
Further reading
- Dalrymple, William (1997): From the Holy Mountain, Harper Collins, ISBN 0-00-255509-3 p.266-75, 287, 362 (Dalrymple interviewed Sarah Daou from Kafr Bir'im)
External links
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Coordinates: 33°52′38″N 35°29′19″E / 33.87722°N 35.48861°E
- ↑ "Camp Profiles". unrwa.org. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
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