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| Tawergha : Only Through Acknowledging Our True History, Can We Move Forward |
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In 1963 Dadda Salma, at the age of ninety-five, had a toothless smile which was quite infectious. You could not help but smile back. Her eyes were a window to the sadness in this world and told the story of the suffering of her race. She was an emancipated black slave spending her final years in a “poor house" on the outskirts of Tripoli.
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| New Year Resolutions: Not to be Bothered by Drivers in Tripoli |
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I have been told and I have read that what bothers us is not what somebody does to us, but the way we react to the offence. So my resolution for the New Year 2013 is NOT TO BE BOTHERED by the drivers in Tripoli, Libya.
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| An Angel’s Dream |
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A poem by Velappan Narayanan a former lecturer, Dept. of English, Sirte University, Libya
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| Opinion: ‘The Iranians Are Coming': The Imagined, ‘Sinister’ Iranian Threat in Latin America - by Ramzy Baroud |
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Reading the text of a bill that was recently signed into law by US President Barack Obama would instill fear in the hearts of ordinary Americans. Apparently, barbarians coming from distant lands are at work. They are gathering at the US-Mexico border, cutting fences and ready to wreak havoc on an otherwise serene American landscape.
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| Kuwait Shuts Down TV Station Backing Opposition |
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Kuwait on Thursday closed a private television station that backs the opposition because, according to the government, it allegedly failed to meet administrative conditions.
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| UK: Accountability Still Needed On Libya Case, Says HRW |
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The UK government’s compensation to a Libyan dissident over its complicity in his torture and rendition provides some relief but does not absolve it of the duty to investigate. A criminal investigation into his claims and a wider public inquiry are both essential, Human Rights Watch said.
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| Carthage International Film Festival 2012 Pays Tribute to African Cinema |
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The Carthage International Film Festival sealed off its 24th edition November 24, in the Colisée cinema theatre in downtown Tunis with a closing ceremony at the entrance of the theatre in Habib Bourguiba Avenue that was attended by well-known film directors from Europe, Africa and some Arab countries such as Egypt and Lebanon.
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| The Libyan: First Exhibition of Post-Gaddafi Art in London |
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During the 2011 uprising Libyans didn't just fight with guns and risk their lives, they also expressed themselves through the arts. This art has been brought to London by two Libyan women Najlaa El-Ageli and Nessrin Gebreel whose mission is to bring it to international attention.
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| Egyptian Prime Minister Calls for End to Israeli 'Aggression' |
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Speaking in Gaza Friday after a brief cease-fire that Israel put in place during his visit to the area collapsed, Egypt's prime minister Hesham Kandil has vowed to intensify his country's efforts to stop what he called Israeli "aggression" in Gaza and achieve a truce between Israelis and Palestinians.
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| Libya's Afriqiyah Airways Orders Four More Airbus A350s |
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Libyan carrier Afriqiyah Airways has ordered another four of Airbus' A350 widebody jets, bringing its total order to 10.
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| Libya: Tripoli Film Festival: Connecting Libyans with Human Rights Issues, Culture |
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The Tripoli Human Rights Film Festival, the first of its kind in post-Gaddafi Libya, brought movies and documentaries from around the world to Libyan audience to discuss issues related to human rights. Participants came with documentaries from Egypt, Syria, Liberia, UAE, Turkey, Italy and Libya and dealt with issues related to women, children and people with special needs.
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| Legal Intervention of Italian Court of Appeal on LIA Assets Taken Upon Specific Request of ICC |
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The legal intervention of the Italian Court of Appeal on LIA assets was taken upon the specific request filed by the International Criminal Court in September 2011.
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| Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival 2012 |
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In an exciting eleventh hour addition to Africa in Motion’s guest list of filmmakers attending the festival, Nigeria’s Tunde Kelani will be going to Scotland for the Glasgow and Edinburgh screenings of his film MAAMi on Tuesday October 30 and Wednesday 31.
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| Learning to Live through Sacrifice |
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The historical background of Eid al-Adha is that the Prophet Abraham had a dream in which he was sacrificing his young son, Ismael. Abraham, a great believer in Allah, took his dream literally and wanted to sacrifice his son. But, according to the tradition, Allah, the Almighty, sent his angels and asked him to sacrifice an animal instead of his son.
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| Notes from Shara Zawia: A Journal Kept in Tripoli |
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While having an interesting conversation with a fellow Tripoli region resident, I was told of a British lady who thinks there was probably no one who kept a diary of the days of 2011. That is not true, and there is a tradition of regular diary and journal keeping followed by some persons in Tripoli region. In the coming days we will reproduce some of these.
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