For the Arabic version of this story click here Washington- U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order banning people from seven predominantly Muslim countries, including Libya, from entering… Read more “Libyans affected by “Muslim Ban””
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From traffic jams to cacti pricks; reflections on Cairo from the Old Pueblo
the proximity of the two countries makes me as a Libyan envy the relative freedom and stability Egyptians experience on a daily basis, and as an American feel comfortable indulging in it.
Libya Against Itself
Tripoli’s distraught population might have welcomed anyone bringing a semblance of order, including the ghost of Qaddafi. But three months into its rule, Libya Dawn’s honeymoon is… Read more “Libya Against Itself”
Living in between countries
Following a piece I read on third culture kids or as they’re called in Libya double shafras, I began thinking of the numerous conversations I’ve had with friends… Read more “Living in between countries”
Poetry
“I am large, I contain magnitudes.” –Walt Whitman
This post isn’t about love
I saw the movie The Judge the other day. Billy Bob Thornton says something about how white trash is also protected by the law. I thought of… Read more “This post isn’t about love”
Human rights abuses ‘leave a third of Libyans with mental health problems’
” Research by Dignity – the Danish Institute against Torture – shared with the Guardian, paints a devastating picture of the human consequences of the regionalism, tribalism and… Read more “Human rights abuses ‘leave a third of Libyans with mental health problems’”
Libya-what happened?
It’s appropriate that I will mark my 30th birthday in Cairo. The last time I was in Egypt I was a Twitter-obsessed self-proclaimed revolutionary with intellectual crushes… Read more “Libya-what happened?”
Yusra Tekbali 