The Syrian opposition National Council is to be allowed to open an office in Tripoli.  The decision was announced on Wednesday by NTC chairman Abdel Jalil on Al Jazeera TV. “We are ready to allow our brothers in the Syrian National Council to open an office in Tripoli, not an embassy,” Abdel [...]

Belgium hopes to help Libya disarm its militias.  It also wants to collaborate in building up the Libyan health service.  These were the two main messages delivered by Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Didier Reynders, during a one-day visit to Tripoli on Monday  when he met with both [...]

I’ve spent the day in the company of Malik L, a Benghazi-based hip hop artist who seems to get stopped every 100 feet by either a friend or a fan. In between these conversations, I asked Malik about what celebrations were scheduled for tonight. “I have no idea,” he replied. [...]

Despite the negative reporting by Western media on the situation in Libya and this media’s claim of lack of security in the country, over seven million flags have been raised over these vast territories and in all its cities and town to mark the first anniversary of 17 February uprising [...]

By Tasbeeh Herwees It was in front of a small courthouse in the city of Benghazi, Libya, one year ago when the impossible hopes and dreams of millions of Libyans became tangible. On Feb. 17, 2011, thousands of Libyans—with more arriving each minute—gathered around the courthouse and shouted anti-government slogans. This [...]

What is H2O Team? An NGO (non-governmental organization) team that works within theframe work of civil society for Libya and its youth so we can rise together from the position of defense to that of work and development using smart and interactive methods until we reach the goals of the [...]

The plane landed at Benghazi airport, about an hour late, which seemed just about right to most people on board. Elderly women sported tattoos from their bottom lip to the tip of their chin; several men carefully removed plants that somehow survived being crushed in the overhead luggage bins. Inside [...]

By Ahmad AL-Gamaty Shajara Square , Benghazi , Libya  This is the first time I write about the Libyan Revolution!! After the eruption of the glorious revolution of seventeenth of February, which sparked on 15/2/2011 from Shajara Square “Tree Square” in Benghazi; the “Beating heart of Libya”. I write these words at this [...]

By Nada Elfeituri “In retrospect, all revolutions seem inevitable. Beforehand, all revolutions seem impossible.” - Michael McFaul Driving through Benghazi, everything seems deserted. No cars, no people, the only sound is the wind blowing through empty streets. Take a turn into Dubai Street, pickup trucks full of soldiers are ordering anyone outside [...]

By Prof. Elmahdi A. Elkhammas With the improvement in Internet access, I can see more activity from our colleagues inside Libya. Communications have been easier and the spread of social pages such as Facebook made the expression of opinion more communicable than before. Language has not been a barrier. Some [...]

By Huda Biuk For many people who live outside of Libya, the concept of freedom is a familiar one. Freedom is the power to act freely without fear of restraint or revocation of individual rights. It wasn’t until returning to my native country where freedom is a relatively new practice, [...]

By Ghazi Gheblawi I still walk towards the south, When the wind blows some dreams on the empty streets, Pavements offering a bed from nightmares and promises of a sunny day.   I still stand on the shore drawing footsteps on the sand, Leaving a trail of laughter?! Or maybe they [...]

By Gada Mahfud To Degaddafinate is; to physically remove Gaddafi from Libya, a term invented by Libyans on Twitter. Libyans and the world made the unreasonable assumption that as soon as Gaddafi is removed from the country, it would immediately and automatically change gears from an armed rebellion into the building and [...]

By Gada Mahfud Beautiful, elegant, tall structures dotted all over Tripoli neighbourhoods with an astounding backdrop of clear blue skies and green palm tree-tops in daylight, and magical at night when illuminated in the cloudless star-filled skies. The mosque minarets are the landmarks of the Tripoli sky line. Though mosques [...]

Anti-government protesters in Sanaa show their fingers painted in the colors of the flags of Yemen, Tunisia, Libya, Syria and Egypt, in November 2011. Photograph: Louafi Larbi/Reuters In January 2011 we asked Arab writers, including Tamim Al-Barghouti, Hisham Matar and Mourid Barghouti, to react to the uprisings – they return [...]