The revolution seen from the inside

Jamal Jaber — 2011-09-05T06:41:26Z

Jamal Jaber visited Libya in June 2011 for International Viewpoint. As well as writing his own impressions of that visit he spoke to Azeldin El Sharif. El Sharif is an opponent of the Gaddafi regime who took refuge in London in 2001. He continued his activity there until the rising on 17 February 2011 when he returned to Benghazi. Today he is president of the "Network of National Solidarity".

- IV440 - September 2011 / Libya, Arab Revolutions

Impressions of the new Libya

Jamal Jaber — 2011-08-01T10:01:15Z

I was all the more curious to discover the political and social changes that had taken place in Libya after the revolution of February17, having already spent some months there in 1996. I went there in June this time, going via an Egypt which was itself still in turmoil after its own revolution of January 25 this year. Some Libyan oppositionists I encountered in Cairo facilitated my entry into the country. After 1,300 km and 15 hours by car, we arrived in Benghazi, capital of the Libyan insurrection, having crossed a “border” which seems completely artificial inasmuch as the inhabitants on either side are close in customs, religious traditions and links of family relations and marriage.

- IV439 - August 2011 / Libya, Arab Revolutions

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The revolution seen from the inside

Impressions of the new Libya