libya

Explores the culture, history, politics, economy, and cuisine of Libya.

Soraya was just fifteen, a schoolgirl in the coastal town of Sirte, when she was given the honor of presenting a bouquet of flowers to Colonel Gaddafi, "the Guide," on a visit he was making to her school the following week. This one meeting--a presentation of flowers, a pat on the head from Gaddafi--changed Soraya's life forever. Soon afterwards, she was summoned to Bab al-Azizia, Gaddafi's palatial compound near Tripoli, where she joined a number of young women who were violently abused, raped and degraded by Gaddafi. Heartwrenchingly tragic but ultimately redemptive, Soraya's story is the first one of many that are just now beginning to be heard. But sex and rape remain the highest taboo in Libya, and women like Soraya (whose identity is protected by a pseudonym here) risk being disowned or even killed by their dishonored family members. In "Gaddafi's Harem," an instant bestseller on publication in France, where it has already sold more than 100,000 copies in hardcover, "Le Monde" special correspondent Annick Cojean gives a voice to Soraya's story, and supplements her investigation into Gaddafi's abuses of power through interviews with people who knew Soraya, as well as with other women who were abused by Gaddafi.

A photo-illustrated introduction to the Muslim nation of Libya, discussing the country's place in the world, and looking at its land, history, religion, politics, economy, people, communities, and foreign relations.

A Libyan boy is desolate after losing his prized bagpipes in a sandstorm.

Discusses the history of the Civil War in Libya and the failures of NATO.

At the end of the nineteenth century in Libya, eleven-year-old Malika simultaneously enjoys and feels constricted by the narrow world of women, but an injured stranger enters her home and disrupts the traditional order of things.

Discusses the war and unrest in Libya.

Discusses the history of Libya and the background of current issues in its relations with the United States and other countries, as well as the role played by the strongman Qaddafi.

John Corey fears his allotment of good luck may have run out when he signs on as a contract agent with the federal government's Anti-Terroist Task Force and is assigned to apprehend an alleged Libyan terrorist known as "The Lion.".

At the end of the nineteenth century in Libya, eleven-year-old Malika simultaneously enjoys and feels constricted by the narrow world of women, but an injured stranger enters her home and disrupts the traditional order of things.