The greatest ever Summer Paralympic Games will wrap up Sunday in London with what is expected to be another spectacular closing ceremony at the Olympic Stadium, a day that will mark the end of two very important sporting events that took place in London, United Kingdom, from July 27 (till [...]

Ilya Gorodisher of Stillwater used social media to collect the stories of 100 people who were touched by the 2011 Libyan uprising. By TIM HARLOW Ilya Gorodisher met scores of Freedom Fighters who took part in the 2011 Libyan Revolution that led to the ousting of Col. Muammar Gaddafi. Ironically, [...]

By Nour Naas. From the very beginning of the 17 February Revolution, the tricolour flag with the crescent and star has been its rallying symbol. But it is a symbol that has its own story — one that speaks of an earlier struggle for Libyan freedom and unity, an earlier [...]

The first Eid with out the tyrant in power. Tripoli Libya 2011

The trailer for an upcoming film by @azizbelhaj about the battle for the liberation of Tripoli, Libya (20th August 2011).

By Karen Dabrowska (The Tripoli Post) Every Saturday during Ramadan London’s Libyan community has been hiring the Pakistani mosque and community centre in Willesden Green, North London for iftar, prayers and meetings. To the great delight of the women, the men arrived early to prepare the food: dates, milk, sweets, and [...]

Tripoli, 9 August (Libya Herald) A fierce row broke out in the National Congress this morning, Thursday, after one congressman walked out of the handover ceremony because the young woman hosting the event was not wearing a headscarf. The controversy deepened further when Mustafa Abdul Jalil, in one of his [...]

AFP, Tuesday 7 Aug 2012 Music and laughter spill out of the grey building in the Libyan capital which is home to Radio Zone, one of the hippest channels to hit the north African nation’s airwaves after the ouster of Moamer Gaddafi. “The people haven’t been heard for a while [...]

Libyan tourist authorities want it to become tourist hot spot Ancient ruins and Tripoli “paradise” for history buffs Country has five UNESCO World Heritage sites IT may have endured more than 40 years of sheer bloody terror and dictatorship, but a Libyan tourist organisation reckons the country has what it [...]

Ingredients of Libya – Sabha Edition

After breaking your fast by eating three dates, which is followed by the Maghreb (sunset) prayer it is advised that you drink water and have soup to rehydrate your body after the thirst of a whole day without drinking and eating. In Libya most Libyans make a soup made with [...]

Fasting in Islam is the abstinence from food, drink, intimacy or smoking, from sunrise to sunset. Although Muslims can fast any time of the year , every able Muslim is required to fast one month of the yea in particular. This is the month of Ramadan. The fasting during the [...]

By Lauren M. Rielly Libyan Spider is a success story that started out at first as a hobby by a man named Hadi Naser. Hadi was born on August 20, 1973 to Mohamed Naser, a soldier in the army and Salha Najah a housewife and spent most of his childhood [...]

Libya’s climb on the FIFA ladder continued this month and following some exciting results, in the World Cup qualifiers, the 1-1 draw away against Togo and the 2-1 victory over Cameroon, and the latest performances in the 9th Arab Cup – that have not been taken into consideration – Libya [...]

By Sudarsan Raghavan Niamey, Niger — A couple of months ago, Saadi al-Gaddafi and his entourage partied at a swank restaurant in this steamy West African capital. When the DJ played a Tuareg song glorifying his late father, Moammar, Saadi and his companions jumped out of their chairs and clapped [...]