Tag Archives: Libya
Libyan Recipe: Bazeen بازين Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 25, 2022
In this post, you will be introduced to the number 1 (savoury) dish in Libya – it’s El-Bazeen البازين. Bazeen is one of the most known delicious and sophisticated dishes across Libya. Tunisia is probably the only other country that makes this dish but is cooked differently. In that sense, El-Bazeen is really unique to…
Ghadames غدامس: The Pearl of the Desert (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 26, 2021
Welcome to the 2nd part of this blog post. We’re still learning about the unique Libyan city المدينة الليبية المميزة of Ghadames مدينة غدامس, in Libya. As you probably remember, this city is a palm oasis in the middle of the desert and for this reason, it was called: ‘The pearl of the desert“, i.e…
Ghadames غدامس: The Pearl of the Desert (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 19, 2021
Today, we’re going to learn about a unique city مدينة مميّزة in Libya, called تُسَمَّى بِـ Ghadames غْدَامِسْ. It’s a Berber town مدينة أمازيغية and is located in the Northwest of Libya وتقع في شمال غرب ليبيا. It’s unique because the town stands in an oasis واحة, in the middle في وسط the desert الصحراء and…
Role of Libyan women during the pandemic (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jan 22, 2021
Welcome to the 2nd part of this blog post where we’re looking at the role of Libyan women مشاركة المرأة الليبية in the country’s fight against Coronavirus في محاربة البلد لفيروس كورونا . The language material we’re looking at is a short report (produced by BBC Arabic) where a lady called Sanna, who speak Libyan…
Role of Libyan women during the pandemic (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jan 18, 2021
Welcome to a new post مرحبا بكم في تدوينة جديدة 🙂 Today, in this 2- part post, we have a short video to study, produced by BBC Arabic. It’s about the participation of Libyan women مشاركة المرأة الليبية in the country’s fight against Coronavirus في محاربة البلد لفيروس كورونا . The language used in the…
Even Stronger Winds of Change Posted by aziza on Feb 23, 2011
The winds of change started in Tunisia, followed by Egypt. Now, demonstrations are everywhere in the Arab world, Yeme, Libya, Morocco, Bahrain and Kuwait. Libya in particular presents a very critical situation at the moment, as the Libyan regime under Gadafi is using unprecedented violence to crush the revolution, including the use of live ammunition…