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Children of Catastrophe: Journey from a Palestinian Refugee Camp to America

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Author Jamal Kanj gives an account of life in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. In his recent book Children of Catastrophe: Journey from a Palestinian refugee camp to America, Kanj discusses the origins of the camp, the social structure and economics of the camp, and its ultimate destruction.

 

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