Gaddafi

As we approach the fifth anniversary of the Arab uprisings, with all its manifestations and aftermaths, the debate on the outcomes of those historic events are becoming more crucial and polarising. Nothing is more indicative of this polarisation than in the case of the Libyan uprising with its consequences: civil war, foreign intervention, and the many crises that followed the toppling of the Gaddafi regime in the North African country. The legacy of any tyrannical regime can take many decades to be resolved. The clear threat by Gaddafi in 2011 to commit mass slaughter in Benghazi and other Libyan towns […]

If you walk inthe streets of the Libyan capital Tripoli these days, you will probably feelthat this city hasn’t been under the siege of a brutal dictator for nearly sixmonths of the Libyan revolution. The presence of Gaddafi is being erased notonly from the walls and billboards of the capital where they used to stand, butalso from the memory of many Libyans. Living all yourlife under a cult dictatorship and then coming to the realisation that thetyrant isn’t sharing the air that you breath anymore, isn’t easy to reach. As aLibyan you were faced everyday with a reminder that Gaddafi […]