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 in the area 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, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-255509-3 p. 266-75, 287, 362 (Dalrymple interviewed Sarah Daou from Kafr Bir'im)
External links
- Mar Elias, articles from UNWRA
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Palestine refugee camps locations and populations as of 2015[1]
Gaza Strip 518,000 UNRWA refugees | West Bank 188,150 UNRWA refugees | Syria 319,958 UNRWA refugees | Lebanon 188,850 UNRWA refugees | Jordan 355,500 UNRWA refugees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- ^ "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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