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Halaq Al Reeh - The Story of a Social Revolution |
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Book Review by Ghazi Gheblawi of A novel by Salih Senoussi
(Dar Al Helal 2002 - Cairo (159 pages)
This is the story of social evolution, it tells us how we came to be what we are now, and why we face the world the way we do. It is the story of Halaq Al Reeh, which can be literally translated as ‘The Wind Valley’, and the people who dwell this mythical land. |
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Tolmeitha (Formerly Ptolémaïs) |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 12)
Libya is the undiscovered gold mine of North Africa. It was once known as the breadbasket of Rome, and dotted all along the coast between Tobruk and Tripoli are some of the most spectacular and unspoiled Roman ruins in the world. |
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Apollonia: The City of Churches |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 11)
CYRENE was not the only city-state to be built by the Greeks during the hey-day of their empire and their years across the Mediterranean in Libya. In spite of human ravages and natural disasters, most of the monuments of Cyrene have nonetheless survived. |
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Acropolis at Cyrene Most Important Reminder to A Past Civilisation |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 10)
In 74 BC Cyrene was created a Roman province; but, whereas under the Ptolemies the Jewish inhabitants had enjoyed equal rights, they now found themselves increasingly oppressed by the now autonomous and much larger Greek population.
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Massive Stone-built Theatre Designed to Hold 5,000 People |
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Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 8)
Today, the site of the ruins of Sabratha is strewn with pillars and arches, and sturdy Roman foundation are largely all that has remained of structures which must have been so terribly imposing in the past. |
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Apollonia: The City of Churches
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CYRENE was not the only city-state to be built by the Greeks during the hey-day of their empire and their years across the Mediterranean in Libya. In spite of human ravages and natural disasters, most of the monuments of Cyrene have nonetheless survived. |
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City Ruins of Libya Reveal Exciting Examples of Art, Culture of Ancient Times
Libya: Archaeology and Civilisation (Part 9)
The development of Sabratha continued until some time after the fall of the Roman Empire, although the city was never again to reach either the importance of the splendour it had radiated during the first and the second centuries. |
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