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It is often difficult to separate fact from fiction in the information-rich world of today. The process becomes even more difficult when you consider subjects that themselves are contentious whether due to bizarreness, complexity, competing narratives, or plain obscurity of information. Muammar ..

[The following report was issued by International Crisis Group on 17 April 2013.] 

Trial by Error: Justice in Pos..

Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, "Libya, Social Origins of Dictatorship, and the Challenge for Democracy." North African Revolutions, special issue of The Journal of the Middle East ..

Fifteen days from now, the Libyan people will go to the polls. It will be the first election of its kind in Libya, but not the first election in the country. Qaddafi’s Jamahiriya held elections, but these turned out to be very large rubber stamps for a regime that conducted th..

On 14 February 2012, Jadaliyya Co-Editor Noura Erakat participated in an American University Law School`s 2012 Founders` Celebration entitled "The Impact of the Arab ..

[The following is the latest from International Crisis Group on Libya].

Holding Libya Togeth..

[The following is the latest from International Crisis Group (ICG) on the impact of Qaddafi`s death on neighboring countries.]

Africa without Qaddafi: The Case of Chad

Executive Summary

The end of the long reign of..

This is an interview conducted with Gilbert Achcar on Wednesday, August 24, in regards to news of the Libyan rebels entering Tripoli. The interview addresses the events surrounding this development, highlighting the dynamics of the NATO intervention and discussing..

After four decades of dictatorship where Qaddafi’s handpicked singer dominated the airwaves and stifled a once vibrant musical scene, Libya is now rocking and swaying to a flood of joyous and defiant sounds.

At a recent Libyan pro-revolutio..

Recent news reports originating from Libyan state media have Libyan tribes sending representatives to the rebels in Misrata, hoping to negotiate for peace and for control of the city. An April 24 article in The Guardian quoted Libya’s deputy foreign minister, Khaled Kaim, as

For those of you lucky readers who are able to access Al Jazeera or Al Arabiya on your televisions, you can stop reading now. This is for those of us, in the US, who either have to sleep with our laptops streaming the “real” news or who, for fear that our batteries..

With the 42-year reign of Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi coming to a seemingly inevitable end, it is worth reflecting on the significance and regional implications of his ouster. Perhaps most importantly, Qaddafi’s removal cannot but resu..

[This cartoon was prepared after Qaddafi`s third speech on February 25, in which he equated Libya with himself . . . ]

On February 22nd, Qaddafi delivered a televised speech in which he appeared troubled and angry. Most observers assumed he was such because of his imminent dethroning. But that was not what was bothering him. Taking a break from superficial analysis at J..

This cartoon in Arabic is about Qaddafi`s speech last night in response to the Libyan people`s revolution which is at its height this week. Amid rumors that he fled to Venezuela and much news that the Libyan people have secured control on many of the c..

The extraordinary developments in Tunisia and Egypt during the first six weeks of this year, and more recently in Bahrain, Libya, Yemen and elsewhere, have inaugurated a revolutionary moment in the Arab world not experienced since 1958. If sustained uprisings conti..

On Sunday night, Saif al-Islam al-Qaddafi—son of Libyan "leader" Colonel Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi—gave a televised speech in which he denied the existence of genuine gr..