LIBYA: Life in and outside of Sirte [Part 2]

Part 2 of 2.  Part 1 is here. By Liz Lucas Eventually Mohammed and his family had to leave.  The school they currently call home is a welcome relief from living in fear in Sirte.  They sleep in peace, without the sounds of bullets whizzing past or planes flying overhead. “My children get crazy when [...]

LIBYA: Life in and outside of Sirte [Part 1]

Part 1 of 2, Part 2 is here By Liz Lucas From inside the school in Al-Wachka comes the sound of children’s voices. At first it seems like a regular school, albeit one where the rules are relaxed. I can hear footsteps running down the hall and squeals as they play games. But for these [...]

LIBYA: Voices from Misrata [Part 3]

Part 3 of 3, Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here Soad, wife and mother I was in the bedroom with my husband.  It was night and we were asleep when a rocket hit.  I was unconscious and when I awoke I was widowed. I was hurt in my back and I don’t know [...]

LIBYA: Voices from Misrata, [Part 2]

Part 2 of 3, Part 1 is below Khani, 41, truckdriver Three families in this neighborhood lost family the day the rocket killed my son.  It was April 13. I was walking past the checkpoint and they told me there had been a rocket by my house, that my son was dead.  I started running [...]

LIBYA: Voices from Misrata [Part 1]

Part 1 of 3 By Liz Lucas Driving into Misrata, my colleague Kristele remarked that it reminded her of Beirut, where she spent much of her childhood.  The skeletons of shops, hotels, and apartments line Tripoli Street and old men drink tea next to bullet-ridden structures that can scarcely be called buildings. Misrata looks like [...]