Ramadan culinary traditions defy crisis to bring Libyans together

Ramadan culinary traditions defy crisis to bring Libyans together

TAJURA, March 21 — Dressed in tracksuits with their sleeves rolled up, about 30 residents in Tajura, a suburb east of Libya’s capital, volunteer every day to cook and give away some 300 meals during Ramadan. The men of all ages join efforts to make Bazin — a Libyan barley-based dough served with a stew … Read more

Young Libyans finally able to answer call of e-gaming

Young Libyans finally able to answer call of e-gaming

TRIPOLI, April 10 — In a Tripoli arcade, players banter amid the bleeping and music of video games. Isolated by decades of dictatorship and post-revolution chaos, Libyan gamers are finally taking on the world. It’s late at night in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and in the suburb of Tajoura, teenagers with headphones clamped … Read more