Mar Elias ( ar, مار الياس) was a
Palestinian refugee camp
Camps are set up by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to accommodate Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA, who fled or were expelled during the 1948 Palestinian e ...
in the southwestern part of
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
, Lebanon. The camp was founded in 1952 by the Mar Elias (
Prophet Elijah)
Greek Orthodox
The term Greek Orthodox Church ( Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also cal ...
convent
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
Further reading
*
Dalrymple, William (1997): ''
From the Holy Mountain'', HarperCollins, p. 266-75, 287, 362 (Dalrymple interviewed Sarah Daou from
Kafr Bir'im)
External links
Mar Elias articles from
UNWRA
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees. UNRWA's mandate encompasses Palestinians displaced by the 1948 P ...
Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon
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