The neighborhood gets its name from the French term , '' La Quarantaine '' , because it was the location where a lazaretto for travellers was built at the request of Ibrahim Pasha , the son of Muhammad Ali Pasha , the Governor of Egypt , who controlled Syria and Beirut in 1831 . The lazaretto was to be managed by a committee made up of the Austrian , Danish , French , Greek , and Spanish consuls . In 1951 , 1,300 Palestinian refugees were settled in the area . By the mid-1970s , the neighborhood had become a favela of 27,000 people In January 1976 the population was killed or expelled during the Karantina massacre by the right-wing Lebanese Forces , leaving around 1,500 people dead . Industries in La Quarantaine used to be centered on the production of glass , furniture , tile and bricks , leather products , but many of these industries were replaced with the production of metal-based , cereal silos , tanneries and artisanal industries
Karantina massacre
Karantina massacre
Karantina