Libya after Gaddafi
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Review of Michael Lüders' book on the Arab Spring
How the Arab Revolution Is Changing the World
In his book about the Arab Spring, the well-known Middle East expert and journalist Michael Lüders criticises the West's one-dimensional view of the historic events that have shaken the Arab world over the past year. Sebastian Sons read the book
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Fall of the Gaddafi Clan
A Fresh Start for Libya?
The hunt is over. The last two representatives of the Gaddafi regime have been caught: Saif al-Islam, the last of Gaddafi's fugitive sons, and Abdullah al-Senussi, the head of the Libyan secret service, who was known for his brutality. Alfred Hackensberger reports from Tripoli
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Libya after Gaddafi
Challenges and Opportunities
After the death of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya not only has an opportunity to embark on the path to a more democratic and prosperous future that its people crave but it also has many of the ingredients to get there. By Stefan Wolff
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Libya after Gaddafi
How the 'Brother Leader' Remained in Power So Long
When Muammar Gaddafi toppled King Idris I, he was less than 30 years old. Yet this very man managed to stay in power for almost 42 years, surviving countless coups and assassination attempts. He himself never expected to stay in control for so long, so how did he do it? By Mustafa Fetouri
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German Book Trade Peace Prize Winner Boualem Sansal
What the Tragedy in Algeria Has Taught Us
If the Arab revolution fails, then the Maghreb, the Sahel Region, and the whole of the Middle East could turn into a new Iraq. It is the task of all of us to help these transformations succeed. By Boualem Sansal
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Interview with Ahmed Shebani
For a Secular and Democratic Libya
Ahmed Shebani, founder and chairman of the Democratic Party of Libya, explains his critical stance towards Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril and the Libyan transitional council, in conservation with Beat Stauffer
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Hisham Matar's Novel ''Anatomy of a Disappearance''
The Trauma of Loss
In his first novel, Libyan writer Hisham Matar addressed the impact that the trauma of the Gaddafi dictatorship had on his own family. His new book focuses on how a boy's life is overshadowed by the disappearance of his father. By Volker Kaminski
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Libyan Writers in Exile
Active in Support of the Uprising
Due to the well-nigh total oppression of cultural life during 42 years of Gaddafi's dictatorship, Libyan literature has for decades been produced abroad. But with the uprising, everything has changed for them, too. Susannah Tarbush reports
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Peace Research into the Arab Spring
''A Historical Turning Point like the Fall of the Berlin Wall''
The 2011 Peace Report, which was compiled by the five largest peace research institutes in Germany, is almost 400 pages long. The general tenor of the report is a demand for more support for the Arab Spring. Bettina Marx reports
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Uprising against the Assad Regime in Syria
Is This a Second Libya?
In his essay, Radwan Ziadeh, founder and director of the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies and an activist during the "Damascus Spring", discusses several possible scenarios for the outcome of the conflict between the Syrian regime and the protest movement