It’s all about debate: Paving the Future Youth Forum opens
Mar 17 thomwestcott

It’s all about debate: Paving the Future Youth Forum opens

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 17 March 2013:The British Council’s second Paving the Future Youth Forum started today, with 50 participants from around the...

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Transitional justice: perspectives from and for young Libyans
Mar 17 thomwestcott

Transitional justice: perspectives from and for young Libyans

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 17 March 2013:Young people from around Libya are exploring ideas about transitional justice with local and international spea...

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Training for young social activists
Mar 14 thomwestcott

Training for young social activists

Tripoli, 14 March 2013:A group of fifty young people will start a week-long course to support social activism projects on Sunday.The ‘Paving the Futur...

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Benghazi hosts Arab film festival
Feb 1 thomwestcott

Benghazi hosts Arab film festival

By Ahmed Ruhayem. Benghazi, 1 February 2013:This month Benghazi will host the 3rd Arab Screen Independent Film Festival (ASIFF).The five-day festival...

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Opinion: The role of women and youth in Libyan media
Jan 27 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: The role of women and youth in Libyan media

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 27 January:I was honoured to be asked to take part in a panel discussion on day one of the One Voice 2013 women’s conference t...

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Jan 7 Sami Zaptia

NGO Voice of Libyan Women holds women's political debates in Zawia

Tripoli, 7 January:Yesterday was the first of a new bi-weekly discussion forum called “marbo3a seeyasia” (Political Sittings, gatherings or salons) th...

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Oct 23 Nigel Ash

A common purpose for Libya

By Maha Ellawati.Benghazi, October 23:Almost a thousand Libyans have so far attended courses designed to help them better understand the working of ci...

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Switch-off in Tripoli planned for Earth Hour on Saturday
Mar 29 Michel Cousins

Switch-off in Tripoli planned for Earth Hour on Saturday

 Two Libyan teenagers are teaming up to organise the country’s Earth Hour celebrations for March 31.In mid-March, nineteen-year-old Mohammad Nattah co...

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I may not see; but Libya is my eyes
Mar 21 Michel Cousins

I may not see; but Libya is my eyes

By Rukaya El-TurkiHe sang this line over and over at the Paving the Future Youth Forum 2012 held in Tripoli from March 11 to 14. He wished he could wi...

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Mar 4 Michel Cousins

Libyan women invited to Women2Women Leadership Conference 2012 on US

In July 2012, the US Embassy in Tripoli plans to send five female Libyan students to the United States for leadership training and discussions on wome...

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