News reports and articles
Latest news about Libya
A compilation from multiple sources
Brian Whitaker's blog posts and other articles about Libya
Online news sources for Libya
Basic information
CIA World Factbook
The geography, people, government and economy of Libya
BBC country profile
Essential facts, plus politics, media and key dates in Libya's history
Maps of Libya
(University of Texas)
Currency converter
Libyan dinar (LYD)
National anthem
Audio, lyrics and sheet music (National Anthems Reference Page)
History and politics
Libya timeline
A chronology of key events (from the BBC)
Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People (1977)
Constitution ( 11 December 1969)
Previous constitution (1951-69)
Full text of the constitution that was in place before Qadhafi's takeover
Constitutional information
Law Library of Congress
List of government ministers (CIA)
International Crisis Group
Recent reports about Libya
Documents
Historical and political texts relating to Libya
The Lockerbie bombing and trial
A large collection of documents
Colonel Who?
Thirty-two different ways to spell the former Libyan leader's name.
The Green Book
Full text of Colonel Qadhafi's book of political theory
Escape to Hell
A short story by Colonel Qadhafi
The Great Green Charter of Human Rights
12 June 1988
Colonel Qadhafi: speech about Africa on Loyalty Day
1 October 1998
Muammar Gaddafi: method in his 'madness'
Brian Whitaker, Comment Is Free, 23 Feb 2011
A vision of a democratic Libya
Statement by Interim National Council, 29 March 2011
Draft Constitutional Charter
National Tranistional Council, August 2011 (full text, pdf)
Libya and its tribes
Tribal aspects of the 2011 uprising. Blog post, 2 March 2011
Travel
US State Department
Consular information and travel advice
British Foreign Office
Travel advice
Lonely Planet
Online tourist guide to Libya
Electricity, plugs and sockets
Economy
World Bank: Libya
Comprehensive economic data
Water and agriculture in Libya
FAO country profile
The Great Man-Made River project
The Qadhafi regime's ambitious scheme to bring water from the southern part of Libya to irrigate northern agricultural areas
Libya: further reading
Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution
by Lindsey Hilsum, 2013. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
Toppling Qaddafi: Libya and the Limits of Liberal Intervention
by Christopher Chivvis, 2013. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
Libya: The Rise and Fall of Qaddafi
by Alison Pargeter, 2012. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
The 2011 Libyan Uprisings and the Struggle for the Post-Qadhafi Future
Jason Pack (editor), 2013. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
A History of Modern Libya
by Dirk Vandewalle, 2012. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
Libya: Lost Cities of the Roman Empire
by Lidiano Bacchielli (author) and Robert Polidori (photographer), 1999. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
A novel by Hisham Matar, 2016. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
In the Country of Men
A novel by Hisham Matar, 2008. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
Libya, the Responsibility to Protect and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention
Aidan Hehir and Robert Murray, 2013. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
Arab Spring, Libyan Winter
Vijay Prashad, 2012. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
The Man Who Went to War: A Reporter's Memoir from Libya and the Arab Uprising
Patrick Graham, 2012. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
Karama! Journeys through the Arab Spring
Johnny West, 2011. Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk [Also includes Egypt and Tunisia]
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