Misrata and Tawergha  By Nusaybah Khalil We will never be like Gaddafi, they said. Yet, that’s exactly what happened. It is deeply shameful and troubling that there are folks abusing their positions as ”freedom fighters” to abuse prisoners and threaten the civil rights of others. Sanctioning human rights and civil rights, [...]

By Gada Mahfud The title of this opinion article is not a bad translation of an Arabic term because even in Arabic it does not make much sense, but it is a term that is currently continuously repeated by the public, journalists and politicians in Libya. Its meaning is to demand [...]

By Bassem Sabry (@Bassem_Sabry) for Al-Monitor Libya will hopefully soon begin writing its new constitution. The task, of course, is quite monumental. But compared to Egypt and Tunisia, the two other Arab Spring countries with new constitutions, Libya’s task is made more difficult by the fact that it is embarking [...]

By Ali Tarhouni Two years ago, I was the son of a broken nation. For almost 40 years, I fought to bring freedom and basic human rights to Libya, only to see the regime of Muammar Qaddafi gain acceptance into the international community as the oppression continued. I despaired of [...]

By Max Boot (@MaxBoot) News that two of many militias in Libya have recently clashed, leaving a number of people dead, confirms the huge dangers that face the post-Qaddafi state. As I’ve repeatedly said before, our job is not done with the ouster of Qaddafi; it will be a hollow [...]

By Mohamed Eljarh Scientific research is one of the key driving factors for a diversified, strong economy in any country. Under the former regime in Libya, research and higher education suffered from negligence, corruption and lack of political commitment and reform.Higher education in the country faces major challenges. These include [...]

The harsh southern region is home to several tribes maintaining a delicate balance of power over lucrative trade routes. By Rebecca Murray Kufra, Libya – The drive across Libya’s Sahara from Murzuq to Kufra is arduous. Without a road, the desert’s residents, subsistence smugglers, and border guards navigate massive sand [...]

By Huda Biuk Fifty percent of children worldwide are subject to corporal punishment. But does corporal punishment exist in Libya? The answer is yes, and it happens every day. A young American girl, attempting to adapt in Libya for the first time, can attest to that. On a mission to [...]

Tonight at 9 P.M. (Nov12), HBO is airing “Witness: Libya,” a documentary that follows the war work of the the photographer Michael Christopher Brown. It’s the second in a series of four films, produced by the directors Michael Mann and David Frankham, about today’s generation of war photographers. (The first [...]

Though he sold himself as either a costumed buffoon, a wild-eyed terrorist, or a wary reformer, Qaddafi’s rule from his unlikely rise to his inevitable fall was one of the most cunning and improbable feats of modern dictatorships By Max Fisher In the first few months of 1969, Libya was [...]

At first glance of the television screen, it looks to me like a normal scene from a Middle Eastern open air market or souk. But I pause, look more closely and it is anything but normal. You see Libyans lining up from Benghazi to Tripoli to turn in rifles, pistols, [...]

By Maysam Ali At the lobby of one of Libya’s historic hotels sits Ahlam Ben Taboon, a young Libyan activist, with a group of young journalists and friends – once revolutionaries. Eloquent and energetic, Ahlam works with Foundation for the Future, a human rights NGO, and is also the Vice [...]

Up to 1,700 different armed groups have emerged from the disparate Libyan rebel forces which fought Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011. But after the killing of the US ambassador Christopher Stevens in Benghazi on 11 September, the government says it will disarm the militias. IN THE EAST In the east [...]

[..]Libya’s is also one of the more encouraging Arab uprisings, By William Lawrence In the pre-dawn blackness of September 12, I hurtled toward Tunis Carthage airport en route to Tripoli. I was looking forward to seeing my friend Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador who had invited all nine members in [...]

THE murder of Christopher Stevens, the American ambassador to Libya, along with three of his colleagues at his consulate in Benghazi, Libya’s second city, was not an isolated instance of violence directed against Westerners since the fall of Muammar Qaddafi’s regime nearly a year ago. In the past few months [...]