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1982: Beirut is under siege.
Sabra Zoo
Why a Booktrail?
1982: Beirut is under siege.
What you need to know before your trail
Eighteen-year-old Ivan’s parents have just been evacuated from the city with other members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation.
Ivan stays on, interpreting for international medical volunteers in Sabra refugee camp and working undercover for the PLO. Hoping to get closer to Eli, a Norwegian physiotherapist, he helps her treat Youssef, a camp orphan disabled by a cluster bomb. An unexpected friendship develops between the three and things begin to look up.
But events take a nasty turn when the president-elect is assassinated. The Israeli army enters Beirut and surrounds the camp, with Eli and Youssef trapped inside. What happens next makes international headlines and leaves Ivan scrabbling to salvage something positive from the chaos.
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Life in a Beirut refugee camp
1982 Beirut as seen through the eyes of an 18 year young man. The political landscape is horrendous and controversial time in Lebanese history. This is the story of a situation which escalates into the most horrendous of massacres in a local Beirut refugee camp.
Events take place in and around the West Beirut refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila. Beirut at this time had been under Israeil army siege which the UN peace force removed most of the Palestinian fighters. Israel then took advantage of the UN’s removal to then occupy Beirut. They then entered camps to search for suspected PLO fighters. Mostly innocent people were killed.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Sabra Zoo
Destination: Beirut Author/guide: Mischa Hiller Departure Time: 1982
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