Unprotected : Palestinians in Egypt since 1948
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2009
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IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA
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The project explores social networks, grassroots associations, legal protection, income generation, and all aspects of coping strategies that Palestinian refugees have adopted in Egypt. The majority are found among the lower-middle, lower, and poorest classes. In-depth interviews with 80 households and 400 individuals focus on survival strategies to secure or renew legal residency, obtain an education or vocational skills, find employment, and to hold on to property. The issue for Palestinians in host countries has been rights rather than citizenship. The majority arrived as a result of war (especially the 1948 and 1967 wars). Thousands entered during the 1950s and 1960s as “socioeconomic migrants.”
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Co-published with the Institute for Palestine Studies
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IDRC Book
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PALESTINIANS, REFUGEES, DISPLACED PERSONS, CIVIL RIGHTS, LEGAL PROTECTION, POLITICAL HISTORY, LIVING CONDITIONS, EGYPT, WEST BANK AND GAZA, CITIZENSHIP, ARAB LEAGUE, ISRAEL, SYRIA, JORDAN, MIGRANTS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, MIDDLE EAST