The citizenship law was adopted in 1925, well before the influx of Palestinian refugees in 1948, a fact pointed out by Fahmia Charafeddine in her field study examining the subject. “This proves that the law is discriminatory in its origin and has nothing to do with the concerns about and fears of Palestinian settlement in Lebanon,” she said in the study. Read more: dailystar.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Mar-08/249615-small-steps-for-gender-equality-long-road-ahead.ashx#ixzz2vLlC7o00 (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: dailystar.lb)
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 06:26:56 +0000