Mar Elias ( ar, 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
Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books ...
)
Greek Orthodox convent
and is composed mainly of
Christian Palestinians
Palestinian Christians ( ar, مَسِيحِيُّون فِلَسْطِينِيُّون, Masīḥiyyūn Filasṭīniyyūn) are Christians, Christian citizens of the State of Palestine. In the wider definition of Palestinians, Palestinian Christia ...
. 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
Further reading
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Dalrymple, William (1997): ''
From the Holy Mountain
''From the Holy Mountain'' is a 1997 historical travel book by William Dalrymple that deals with the affairs of the Eastern Christians.
Overview
Dalrymple's third book ''From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium'' (1997) saw ...
'', HarperCollins, p. 266-75, 287, 362 (Dalrymple interviewed Sarah Daou from
Kafr Bir'im
Kafr Bir'im, also Kefr Berem ( ar, كفر برعم, he, כְּפַר בִּרְעָם), was a former village in Mandatory Palestine, located in modern-day northern Israel, south of the Lebanese border and northwest of Safed. The village was s ...
)
External links
Mar Elias articles from
UNWRA
Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon
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