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Libyan protesters gather outside the offices of Muslim Brotherhood-backed Party of Justice and Construction, in the Libyan capital Tripoli on July 27, 2013. (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP PHOTO)

Libya’s Most Vulnerable

by Tasbeeh Herwees | Aug 9, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

The Libyan General National Congress (GNC) finally made headway on the formation of the new constitution last month, though detractors representing Libya’s minorities may delay the process once again. The year-long saga of forming a new constitution has frustrated...

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File photo of former Libyan interim prime minister Mahmoud Jibril. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany)

Mahmoud Jibril on Libya’s Political Isolation Law

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Jun 20, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former interim Libyan prime minister Mahmoud Jibril informed Asharq Al-Awsat that he respects the controversial Political Isolation Law that was passed by parliament last month, which bans him from political office for ten years, but stressed...

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Libyan gunmen surround the Libyan Justice Ministry demanding a ban against those who worked under the former regime of ousted leader Moamer Gaddafi from holding senior positions on April 30, 2013, in the capital Tripoli.(AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA)

Opinion: Libya’s Political Isolation Law Threatens Destruction

by Daniel Nisman and Roshanna Lawrence | May 10, 2013 | Opinion

It is often said that the great questions of our time will not be settled by speeches and votes, but by iron and blood. It is a maxim that certainly rings true for the question of Libya’s democratic future. With the world’s attention fixated across the Mediterranean...

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File photo of Libya’s Mahmoud Jibril (REUTERS)

Jibril Claims Political Isolation Law will not Benefit Libya

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Mar 13, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mahmoud Jibril, who served as Libya’s interim prime minister and chairman of the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), informed Asharq Al-Awsat that the country’s post-revolutionary focus on a political isolation law will not lead to the...