Refugees of the revolution : experiences of Palestinian exile

Refugees of the revolution : experiences of Palestinian exile / Diana Allan.

Some sixty-five years after 750,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homeland, the popular conception of Palestinian refugees still emphasizes their fierce commitment to exercising their ""right of return."" Exile has come to seem a kind of historical amber, preservi...

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Main Author: Allan, Diana (Diana Keown)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
Series:Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Subjects:
Shātīlā (Refugee camp)
1948-1949
Refugees, Palestinian Arab > Lebanon > Social conditions.
Palestinian Arabs > Lebanon > Social conditions.
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 > Refugees > Lebanon.
Refugee camps > Lebanon.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Palestinian Arabs > Social conditions
Refugee camps
Refugees
Refugees, Palestinian Arab > Social conditions
Lebanon
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Summary:Some sixty-five years after 750,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homeland, the popular conception of Palestinian refugees still emphasizes their fierce commitment to exercising their ""right of return."" Exile has come to seem a kind of historical amber, preserving refugees in a way of life that ended abruptly with ""the catastrophe"" of 1948 and their camps-inhabited now for four generations-as mere zones of waiting. While reducing refugees to symbols of steadfast single-mindedness has been politically expedient to both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict it comes at a tr
Physical Description:1 online resource (328 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804788953
0804788952
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 28, 2013).

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