Children of Catastrophe : journey from a Palestinian refugee camp to America

Tells the remarkable story of a Palestinian refugee, following his journey from childhood in the Nahr El Bared Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, becoming a member of the PLO, through to eventual emigration, a new life as an engineer in the United States, and a 'return' trip to historic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kanj, Jamal Krayem , 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Reading, U. K. : Garnet Publishing , c2010
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The making of a refugee
  • 2. Life in the camp
  • 3. Revolution and political evolution
  • 4. Israeli military raids
  • 5. Camp economy
  • 6. Lebanese civil war
  • 7. Journey into a new life
  • 8. A new American home and the return to Palestine
  • 9. The destruction of nahr el bared camp: the unrecorded story