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Libyan children write on wooden slates as they work to memorize verses from the Koran at a Koranic school during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, on July 20, 2012 in the Libyan city of Tripoli (photo: Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images)

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Removing Gaddafi from Schoolbooks

History should be a source of inspiration for people to build their future. For this purpose, you need history books based on accuracy and objectivity, so pupils at schools learn about their country's past without distortion. In the case of Libya, this is proving to be difficult. By Reda FhelboomMore

Education in Libya: Stagnation Instead of InnovationThe University of Tripoli: The Desolate Wasteland of Gaddafi's Education SystemThe Post-Gaddafi Era: Teaching and Learning for a New Libya

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In 532, the Roman Emperor Justinian ordered the construction of an awe-inspiring church in his residence, Constantinople, "one that has never existed since Adam's time, and one that will never exist again." Around 10,000 workers were involved in its construction. For a millennium, the basilica on the Bosphorus remained Christendom’s biggest church.

The belle of the Bosphorus

The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has become a bone of contention. Since it was secularised in 1935, it has been a museum. Now Turkish nationalists want to turn it back into a mosque - while the Patriarch of Constantinople wants to use it as a church again. A photo essay by Klaus Dahmann.