Not all of recent Libyan history will be so easily recovered—nor does everyone want it to be so prominently on show, as this North African country of 6 million starts the uncomfortable task of ...

Elected on the promise of no longer sending American troops to the Middle East, President Barack Obama allowed France and the ...

Libya's History Sheds Light On Current Conflict Decades of autocratic rule and an historically divided population have set the stage for unrest in Libya. Cambridge University's George Joffe and ...

Libya today is a free Libya, but also a Libya plagued by a sad and violent history, a Libya that has not been able to progress for 42 years. Basic education, health care and infrastructure are ...

The conflict in Libya is not the first large-scale rebel uprising in the country; Libya has a history of armed protest movements. Prof. Ali Ahmida, chairman of the political science department at ...

With your people, you won’t perish.” Without the protection and support of one’s people, ruin becomes inevitable. A small problem arises, however, when we seek to determine who counts among “your ...

Libya’s current turmoil cannot be understood without examining its fragmented past: three distinct regions with separate identities, histories, and political trajectories that continue to fuel today’s ...

Libyan history through feminist mythologies. Now, these female authors are adapting local folk tales, Greek mythology, and sacred texts. “There is an inheritance of historical fiction in Libya, ...

Libya's Forgotten History. Digs & Discoveries January/February 2012. By Jarrett A. Lobell . Thanks largely to research conducted by a team led by David Mattingly of the University of Leicester, ...

Benghazi, Libya – It happened in ... became administrative buildings, or people started living there, giving them new life. Regardless, they are all part of Libyan history. ...

In April of this year, it was already apparent that the Libyan War of 2011 had become a curious war of military, economic and political attrition. That was cruel news then, and remains so today.