| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781859642627 (pbk.) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1859642624 (pbk.) |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
362.87/0899274/092 |
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| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Kanj, Jamal Krayem, |
| Dates |
1958- |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Children of catastrophe : |
| Subtitle |
journey from a Palestinian refugee camp to America / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Jamal Krayem Kanj. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition |
1st ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Reading, UK : |
| Publisher |
Garnet, |
| Date |
c2010. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxi, 208 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill., map ; |
| Size |
22 cm. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
Introduction p. xiii 1 The Making of a Refugee p. 1 2 Life in the Camp p. 29 3 Revolution and Political Evolution p. 51 4 Israeli Military Raids p. 77 5 Camp Economy p. 99 6 Lebanese Civil War p. 113 7 Journey into a New Life p. 135 8 A New American Home and the Return to Palestine p. 159 9 The Destruction of Nahr el Bared Camp: The Unrecorded Story p. 183 |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
Jamal Kanj recounts his story of being a refugee from Lebanon, discussing his childhood, when he became a member of the PLO and his eventual emgration to the United States as an engineer. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Refugees, Palestinian Arab |
| Form |
Lebanon |
| Geographic |
Biography. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Refugees, Palestinian Arab |
| Form |
United States |
| Geographic |
Biography. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Palestinian Arab refugees |
| Geographic |
Biography. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Refugees |
| Form |
Lebanon |
| Geographic |
Biography. |
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| Topical Heading |
Refugees |
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United States |
| Geographic |
Biography. |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/pwm1hp4otarqak79455ek1zyjydfbaqm |
| Public note |
Location Map |
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