Benghazi University visits Turkey to sign cooperation agreement to print rare Libyan documents from Ottoman archives‎
Sep 23 Sami Zaptia

Benghazi University visits Turkey to sign cooperation agreement to print rare Libyan documents from Ottoman archives‎

‎Benghazi University reported yesterday that its Head of the Department of History at the Faculty of Arts, Dr. Allam Al-Falah, paid a working visit to...

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Book review: From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea. By Adel Dajani
Mar 12 Michel Cousins

Book review: From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea. By Adel Dajani

By Michel Cousins.  Tunis, 11 March 2011:Back in 2011, during the Libyan revolution that saw the Qaddafi regime swept into the history books, pos...

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Libya's 2011 17 February Revolution graffiti and murals captured the mood at the time 2/3
Feb 16 Sami Zaptia

Libya's 2011 17 February Revolution graffiti and murals captured the mood at the time 2/3

By Sami Zaptia.With the advent of the 17 February 2011 Revolution and the overthrow of the Qaddafi regime, Libyans at the time considered themselves t...

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Apr 21 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s former prime minister Al-Kib dies

By Sami Zaptia.Former Libyan Prime Minister Al-Kib died in the USA today (Photo: Libya Herald archives from Libyan TV).London, 21 April 2020:Libya’s f...

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Libyan writers push authorities to help author Gawairi
Dec 20 Michel Cousins

Libyan writers push authorities to help author Gawairi

By Jamal Adel.Khartoum, 20 December 2017:Writers, civil activists and bloggers have expressed concern about the health of prominent Libyan writer Yuse...

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King Idris museum to be opened in Jaghbub
Dec 12 Michel Cousins

King Idris museum to be opened in Jaghbub

By Libya Herald reporter.Alexandria, 12 December 2017:The eastern oasis town of Jabgbub is to open a new museum next week. The King Idris Museum will...

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Nov 27 Michel Cousins

Mustafa El-Huni dies

By Libya Herald rporter.Mustafa El-HuniTunis, 27 November 2017:Mustafa Al-Salihin Mohammed El-Huni, one of the leaders of the National Transitional Co...

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Omar Mukhtar’s son welcomed at AGOCO
Jul 20 Michel Cousins

Omar Mukhtar’s son welcomed at AGOCO

By Hadi Fornaji.Tunis, 20 July 2017:The son of Libya’s revered fighter against Italian colonialism in the 1920s, Omar Mukhtar, visited the Benghazi he...

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Former General People’s Committee secretary released from prison
May 12 Michel Cousins

Former General People’s Committee secretary released from prison

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 12 May 2017:Abdul Majid Al-Gaoud, who was secretary of the General People's Committee (in effect prime minister) fro...

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Qaddafi wanted Dubai to replicate itself in Libya
Feb 13 Michel Cousins

Qaddafi wanted Dubai to replicate itself in Libya

By Libya Herald reporter.Dubai in Libya?Tunis 13 February 2017:Muammar Qaddafi sought the help of Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum to bui...

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