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Martyr Square Tripoli

Tripoli, Libya: Martyr’s Square (Photo)

Juan Cole 07/27/2012

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Martyr Square Tripoli

Martyr’s Square, Tripoli, Libya on a Friday afternoon.

This is the area of the former “Green Square” where Qaddafi gave his hours-long crackpot speeches. It now has a carnival atmosphere on the weekends. Families are out, into the evening, and according to the informal interviews I did, most seem quite happy with the new political situation.

Photography by Juan Cole, late May, 2012

Filed Under: art and photography, Libya, Uncategorized

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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