Mustafa Fetouri Archive
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Oct 28, 2012
It will take generations for Libya to come to terms with its history and see true reconciliation. Read Article Forget Qaddafi, Libya's tribal rivalries are deeply ingrained
Apr 27, 2012
Both the interim government and NTC have ignored the prerequisites of a fair election – namely, the peace and security that are dangerously lacking in many parts of Libya. Read Article Libya's kidnappings for ransom show a state mired in chaos
Feb 13, 2012
Torture, vengeance and a judiciary struggling for impartiality: these are the defining characteristics of the "new" Libya. Read Article Friends disappear as vengeance still stalks across Libya
Nov 22, 2011
Saif Al Islam might have been Libya's best hope for reform. Instead, he will now be remembered as one of the more hardline figures of a tone-deaf Qaddafi regime. Read Article Saif Al Islam's failure on reforms led him to a criminal's fate
Oct 20, 2011
Libya's transitional government has attacked powerful tribes like the Warfalla when it should have negotiated. Read Article Libya's largest tribe is an unnecessary enemy of the NTC
Sep 05, 2011
Life in a falling city: not enough petrol, not enough water and too many checkpoints. Read Article Qaddafi ran as Tripoli fell, and the rest of us just walked
Apr 14, 2011
War is a violent expression of political opinion as much as it's the failure of politics itself. The irony, of course, is that wars always end with some sort of political settlement. The war in Libya will prove no exception. Read Article The good son is no longer Libya's best hope for reform
Mar 02, 2011
Libya's tribal landscape must be understood to realise how fragile the country has become and may continue to be whatever becomes of Col Qaddafi Read Article Libya's toxic tribal divisions are greater than Qaddafi
Feb 21, 2011
Writing from Tripoli, Mustafa Fetouri describes people's reactions to the violence as the government's "red lines" are crossed by protesters. Read Article Fears of violence as protesters cross Libya's red lines
Feb 01, 2011
Libyans are deeply interested with events in Egypt and Tunisia, but their own concerns are rooted in local corruption, nepotism and a stagnant economy. Read Article Libya watches the neighbours, but has problems all its own
