Palestinian refugee camp ordeal for British doctor

Title

Palestinian refugee camp ordeal for British doctor

Genre

Interview

TX Date

14 Apr 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:04:13

Description

Dr Pauline Cutting is returning home to the UK after five months, after the Palestinian refugee camp in the Lebanon where she was working was besieged. She describes over the phone (audio muffled) how she had to operate in darkness, starvation driving people to eat cats and dogs, and how she lived with threats from the Amal militia. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Pauline Cutting

Keywords

Living conditions; Refugees; Lebanon; Guerilla warfare; Doctors; Palestinian Arabs; Starvation

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