Oroub El-Abed’s excellent work casts a new and extremely useful light on the situation of a rarely studied segment of the Palestinian diaspora. Without a doubt, it is the seminal work on Palestinian refugees in Egypt.
– Rex Brynen, Coordinator, Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet, McGill University, Canada
Based on personal interviews with Palestinian families, Oroub El-Abed examines the effects of displacement and the livelihood strategies that Palestinians have employed while living in Egypt. The author also analyzes the impact of fluctuating Egyptian government policies on the Palestinian way of life. With limited basic human rights and in the context of very poor living conditions for Egyptians in general, Palestinians in Egypt have had to employ an array of both tangible and intangible assets to survive. By providing an account of how they marshalled these assets, this book aims to contribute to the expanding literature on forced migration and the theoretical understanding of the livelihoods of Palestinians in their “host” countries.
Oroub El-Abed
Institute for Palestinian Studies/IDRC 2009
ISBN 978-0-88728-313-0
e-ISBN 978-1-55250-443-7
288 pp.
