Encyclopedia Of The Palestinians.pdf

ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF THE

PALESTINIANS

Revised Edition

Edited by Philip Mattar

Encyclopedia of the Palestinians, Revised Edition

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Encyclopedia of the Palestinians / edited by Philip Mattar. —Rev. ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8160-5764-8

1. Palestinian Arabs—Biography—Encyclopedias. 2. Arab-Israeli conflict—Encyclopedias. I. Mattar, Philip, 1944–

DS113.6.E53 2005

909'.049274'003—dc22

2004057673

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