Ta’rekh Our first “Explainer-style” series for Alwaw Libya, an up and coming Libyan Platform. Based on research done for five different Libyan historical and contemporary characters, Ta’rekh’s objective has shed a light on some of the most interesting Libyan figures, varying between music, civil activist, and national Anti-colonial figures. Ta’rekh is a journey through the [...]
“I lived in Dahra at the time and my friend who knew I loved music said I should go out and see this and that’s when we arrived to the scene” Alaa a young boy who loves to listen to blues recalls the day when he witnessed burning of western instruments in the main square [...]
According to Mohamed Ferjani’s book The story of Libyan cinema, first official department for cinema in Libya was established in the early seventies of the last century as The department of cinematic production, the department was provided with full equipment of film editing and film developing labs and soon few attempts of short films followed. In 1973 [...]