Identity is complex for Lebanon’s Christian Palestinian camp


              A girl waits to receive gifts during a gift distribution by the NGO Beit Atfal Assumoud at the only majority-Christian Palestinian refugee camp, in Dbayeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes during the 1948 Mideast war over Israel's creation. Today, several million Palestinian refugees and their descendants are scattered across Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, as well as the West Bank and Gaza, lands Israel captured in 1967. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
            
              Children sit on the ground as they wait to receive gifts during a gift distribution by the NGO Beit Atfal Assumoud at the only majority-Christian Palestinian refugee camp, in Dbayeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes during the 1948 Mideast war over Israel's creation. Today, several million Palestinian refugees and their descendants are scattered across Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, as well as the West Bank and Gaza, lands Israel captured in 1967. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
            
              A woman dressed as Santa Claus rings a bell and dances with children during a gift distribution by the NGO Beit Atfal Assumoud at the only majority-Christian Palestinian refugee camp, in Dbayeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes during the 1948 Mideast war over Israel's creation. Today, several million Palestinian refugees and their descendants are scattered across Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, as well as the West Bank and Gaza, lands Israel captured in 1967. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
            
              A general view of the only majority-Christian Palestinian refugee camp, in Dbayeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes during the 1948 Mideast war over Israel's creation. Today, several million Palestinian refugees and their descendants are scattered across Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, as well as the West Bank and Gaza, lands Israel captured in 1967. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
            
              Amira Mansour, center, dances as Samir Damouni playing the Oud during community Christmas dinner for elderly residents at the only majority-Christian Palestinian refugee camp, in Dbayeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes during the 1948 Mideast war over Israel's creation. Today, several million Palestinian refugees and their descendants are scattered across Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, as well as the West Bank and Gaza, lands Israel captured in 1967. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
            
              Palestinian eat during community Christmas dinner for elderly residents at the only majority-Christian Palestinian refugee camp, in Dbayeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes during the 1948 Mideast war over Israel's creation. Today, several million Palestinian refugees and their descendants are scattered across Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, as well as the West Bank and Gaza, lands Israel captured in 1967. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
            
              Palestinian eat during community Christmas dinner for elderly residents at the only majority-Christian Palestinian refugee camp, in Dbayeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes during the 1948 Mideast war over Israel's creation. Today, several million Palestinian refugees and their descendants are scattered across Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, as well as the West Bank and Gaza, lands Israel captured in 1967. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
            
              Palestinian Afife Atieh plays the tambourine during community Christmas dinner for elderly residents at the only majority-Christian Palestinian refugee camp, in Dbayeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes during the 1948 Mideast war over Israel's creation. Today, several million Palestinian refugees and their descendants are scattered across Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, as well as the West Bank and Gaza, lands Israel captured in 1967. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Identity is complex for Lebanon’s Christian Palestinian camp