Regular interviews conducted in Qalyubiyyah Governorate Note: Throughout the text, each quotation from an interview is followed by a code indicating the category of visit, the governorate, the number of the household visited within the category, the name of the town or district within the governorate, and the date the interview was conducted. [...] Matar, himself a refugee and the spokesperson of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, got so immersed in the work that I often felt he was with us in Cairo, conducting the interviews and analyzing the setup. [...] May 1994: The PLO and Israel sign the Gaza-Jericho agreement, which formally establishes the “Palestinian Authority” in the Gaza Strip and Jericho (in the West Bank). [...] Finally, the scholarly attention paid to the political relationship between Nasser’s Egypt and the Palestine issue overall completely overshadowed the social and economic conditions of the small community of Palestinians actually living in the country. [...] Initially, “displaced persons” did not qualify for UNRWA assistance, but because of the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis following the 1967 war, the UN General Assembly expanded the defi nition of eligibility for UNRWA relief to include “other persons in the area [served by UNRWA] who are at present displaced and are in serious need of immediate assistance as a result of the recent hostilities
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Abbreviations and Terms Used in the Text 10
- Acknowledgments 13
- Timeline 16
- Maps 26
- Introduction 30
- Refugees, Displaced Persons, and Migrants 31
- Project Aims 33
- Research Methodology 35
- Project Redirection by Force Majeure 36
- Chapter 1: Arriving in Egypt 40
- Before the Nakba 40
- The 1948 War and the First Wave of Refugees 42
- The Government’s Immediate Response 46
- The Gaza Strip, 1948–67: Setting the Stage for the 1967 Wave 48
- In the Wake of the 1967 War 52
- Post-1967 Immigration and Emigration 57
- Chapter 2: Politics, Policies, and Attitudes in the Host State 64
- Egyptian Policy under the Monarchy 64
- The Refugee Community in Egypt 65
- The Gaza Strip and the Refugees 66
- Nasser and the Golden Era 69
- Points of Continuity with the Old Regime 69
- “Nasserism and Palestinianism: Two Sides of the Same Coin" 71
- Sadat and the Aftermath of the al-Siba‘i Assassination 74
- The Mubarak Era 78
- Administrative Overview 83
- Chapter 3: Settling and Surviving in Egypt 87
- Settlement Patterns 88
- Self-Settlement in 1948 88
- Government Assistance in 1967 91
- Coping Strategies and Mechanisms 92
- Special Characteristics of the Palestinian Community in Egypt 93
- Social Networks and the Construction of Community 95
- Fear and Mistrust in the Ghurba 101
- Chapter 4: Residency and Employment 108
- Residence Permits and Travel Documents 108
- Residency Categories and Renewals 108
- The Perils of Egyptian Travel Documents 113
- Employment 118
- The Palestinian Business Community 119
- Bureaucracy and Regulations 120
- Informal Sector Employment 122
- Working Women 126
- Work Abroad 128
- Chapter 5: Education, Health, and Financial Assets 133
- Education 133
- Overview 133
- Fluctuating Access 135
- Health 143
- Health Services Available to Palestinians 143
- Health Concerns 144
- Financial Assets 145
- Palestinians and Property Rights in Egypt 146
- Financial Resources 149
- Chapter 6: Egypt and the PLO: Politics and Privileges 156
- Egypt and the PLO: A Political Overview 157
- The PLO in Egypt 159
- Institutions 159
- Unions and Affiliated Bodies 160
- Working for the PLO 169
- Relocating to Gaza 172
- Chapter 7: Palestinian Protection under International and Regional Conventions 182
- International Protection 184
- The United Nations and the Refugee Problem 184
- The UNCCP 186
- The 1951 Refugee Convention and Article 1D 190
- Other Conventions 194
- Regional Protection: Arab League Resolutions 195
- Politics and the Casablanca Protocol 198
- Conclusion: Reflections on Identity and the Future 203
- Factors Affecting Identity and the Pull of Assimilation 204
- Political Environment 205
- The Generational Factor 206
- Education 207
- Family 208
- Marriage 208
- Whither the Community? 209
- 1948 and 1967: Community Divides 209
- Rights, Not Citizenship 211
- Looking Ahead 212
- Appendix 1: Research Sources and Methodology 218
- Appendix 2: Questionnaire 242
- Appendix 3: The 1965 Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinian Refugees 252
- Appendix 4: Note on the Applicability of Article 1D 254
- Bibliography 264
- Index 274
- A 274
- B 275
- C 275
- D 275
- E 276
- F 277
- G 277
- H 277
- I 278
- J 278
- K 278
- L 278
- M 279
- N 279
- O 279
- P 279
- Q 280
- R 280
- S 281
- T 281
- U 282
- W 282
- Y 282
- Z 282
