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Sunday the 20th of May 2012Dear Nahla Ink Readers
The Books Have Just Come In
The Libyan Revolution has passed its first anniversary; a Revolution that was so closely followed by all the international news channels. A year on, three of the main female correspondents we watched on television have put their experiences down on paper. The BBC's Rana Jawad has published Tripoli Witness, Sky's Alex Crawford has written Colonel Gaddafi's Hat and Channel Four's Lindsey Hilsum has penned Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution.
Short for time to read them all in one go, I decided to attend Lindsey Hilsum at the Frontli...
Lindsey Hilsum In Conversation
At the Frontline Club, London
I attended Lindsey Hilsum at the Frontline Club as she introduced her book "Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution," published in April. In association with BBC Arabic, she took questions from Rasha Qandeel and later from the floor.
Having not purchased nor read the book, I went quite...
Libya - The Years of Hope
Author: Mustafa Ben-Halim
Nahla Ink Stars – 4 out of 5!
I owe my dear friend, Magda, a big thank you for letting me borrow her treasured copy of Mustafa Ben-Halims’s book: Libya - The Years of Hope. I made sure not to stain it wit...
Behind "The Libyan" - Ibrahim Shebani
A Start on the Libyan Cultural Revolution
One true measure of liberty is the right - among others - to uninhibited intellectual and creative expression; as well as the ability to share and exchange ideas in the public domain without fear of ...
Are Libyans Ready for Therapy?
Article first published in The Libyan magazine
Very few Libyans are familiar with the ‘talking cure’. They know little about its theories and almost nothing of its practice. Perhaps they never felt the need to rely on its wisdom and have dismiss...
2012 - Twelve Steps to Compassion
I am no mystic, of course. I would need to live in a mosque, monastery, synagogue or Sufi temple to practise the art of spiritual wisdom; or, in other way...