Mar Elias refugee camp

Mar Elias (Arabic: مار الياس‎) is a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, by Beirut. The camp is rare as it composed mainly of Christian Palestinians; almost all the rest of the refugee camps contain Muslim Palestinians. The camp is named after the Christian Saint Mar Elias.

In 2002 there were 1,406 registered refugees in the camp.

See also

• Mar Elias University Campus at Ibelin, Israel

Further reading

• Dalrymple, William (1997): From the Holy Mountain, Harper Collins, ISBN 0002555093 p.266-75, 287, 362 (Dalrymple interviewed Sarah Daou from Kafr Bir'im)

External links and references

• Mar Elias, articles from UNWRA