Libyan artists turn to black comedy to show youth exploitation - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Islam Alatrash

Islam Alatrash

Feb 14, 2023

Libyan youths pose for a picture in front of the Corinthia Hotel after a swim near the city's main port, Tripoli, Libya, April 22, 2019. — Libyan youths pose for a picture in front of the Corinthia Hotel after a swim near the city's main port, Tripoli, Libya, April 22, 2019. — Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty Images

Gazan society comes together on stage

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Dr Ezzeldeen Abu Al-Aish, a Palestinian fertility expert who has been working at Israel's Sheba Medical Center for the past few years, speaks to the media on January 17, 2009 in Tel Hashomer hospital in Tel Aviv. An Israeli strike hit his family house in the Gaza Strip yesterday killing three of his eight children. Two of his daughters are hospitalized in Israel in serious condition after the Israeli government evacuated his daughters from Gaza. AFP PHOTO / YEHUDA RAIZNER (Photo credit should read YEHUDA

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Palestinian artists perform at al-Shawa theatre in Gaza City March 9, 2010. Live theatre is rare in the Gaza Strip; public criticism of its Islamist rulers is rare too. So perhaps it was no surprise that a play which gives vent to Palestinians' frustrations with their leaders should be a hit. Picture taken March 9, 2010. To match Reuters Life! PALESTINIANS-GAZA/THEATRE REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS SOCIETY) - RTR2BXPS

Gaza theaters battle censorship, conservatism

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In retreat, IS takes advantage of Libya's political divide

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