Film showing tonight: Outside the Law
Oct 31 thomwestcott

Film showing tonight: Outside the Law

Tripoli, 31 October 2013:There will be a film showing of gangster movie Outside the Law at Tripoli’s Art House tonight.Directed by Rachid Bouchareb, t...

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Benghazi mobile phone film festival starts tomorrow
Oct 21 thomwestcott

Benghazi mobile phone film festival starts tomorrow

Tripoli, 21 October 2013:The first ever Libyan festival for films shot entirely on mobile phones kicks off tomorrow in Benghazi.Participants are comin...

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Dates and palm trees festival opens in Benghazi
Oct 8 thomwestcott

Dates and palm trees festival opens in Benghazi

Tripoli, 8 October 2013:The eighth annual Dates and Palm Trees festival kicked off today in Benghazi.The four-day festival, hosted by the Benghazi You...

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French bookshop opens in Tripoli
Sep 29 Michel Cousins

French bookshop opens in Tripoli

By Mathieu Galtier.Anne Mollon-Deschamps in her bookshop (Photo; Maryline Dumas)Tripoli, 29 September, 2013:The first exclusively French bookshop open...

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Rain stops play - literally
Sep 5 thomwestcott

Rain stops play - literally

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 5 September 2013:Violent storms tonight put a stop to the second night of an Ibsen play being performed in Tripoli.The sudden...

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Jul 23 thomwestcott

Arab British Award for Culture 2013: three days left to apply

Tripoli, 23 July 2013:Libyans who have been contributing to British understanding of Arab culture could be in with a chance of winning £2,500 to furth...

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Film showing tonight at the Mahari Radisson Blu: Identity Thief
Jul 18 thomwestcott

Film showing tonight at the Mahari Radisson Blu: Identity Thief

Tripoli 18 July 2013:The Mahari Radisson Blu hotel will be throwing open its theatre doors tonight to show the American crime comedy Identity Thief.Fi...

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Jul 9 thomwestcott

Ramadan starts Wednesday

By Reem Tombokti.Tripoli, 9 July 2013:The holy month of Ramadan will start tomorrow, Wednesday, Libya's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadeq Al-Ghariani, has ann...

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Gearing-up for Ramadan in the new Libya!
Jul 5 Nigel Ash

Gearing-up for Ramadan in the new Libya!

By Osman Heshri.Sunset prayerTripoli, 5 July 2013:Libyans, like Muslims all over the world, are getting ready, making final preparations and stocking-...

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Jul 1 thomwestcott

Festival of Arab Theatre opens in Tripoli

Tripoli, 1 July 2013:A Festival of Arab Theatre kicked off at Tripoli’s Mahari Radisson Blu hotel this evening with a play called The Living Dead.The...

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