Appendix 1:
Words and abbreviations
Arabic words used in the text
'amm: father's brother
baladiyya: village council
bet: house, home
daman-business: literally, guarantee-business, a form of yearly rent-contract
of agricultural land found in south Lebanon.
dar: compound household
hamula: patrilineal descent group, i.e. a corporate clan tracing descent
in the male line.
hara: neighbourhood, quarter
hisar: siege of the refugee camps in Lebanon during the Camps War in 1985/86.
intifada: Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza, started in December
1987.
khal: mother's brother
wasta: connection, bribe
Abbreviations
DoP Declaration of Principles
PIP Peace Implementation Programme
PLO Palestinian Liberation Organisation
PRCS Palestinian Red Crescent Society
SHC Special Hardship Case
UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency
Currencies
1 Jordanian Dinar (JD) = 1,6 USD
1 Lebanese Lira (LL) = 0,0006 USD
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