Everyday Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam among Palestinians in Lebanon

As southern Lebanon becomes the latest battleground for Islamist warriors, Everyday Jihad plunges us into the sprawling, heavily populated Palestinian refugee camp at Ain al-Helweh, which in the early 1990s became a site for militant Sunni Islamists. A place of refuge for Arabs hunted down in their countries of origin and a recruitment ground for young disenfranchised Palestinians, the camp—where sheikhs began actively recruiting for jihad—situated itself in the global geography of radical ...