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Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri is an independent Libyan academic and an award-winning journalist. He can be reached at mustafafetouri@hotmail.com. On Twitter: @MFetouri

People wave flags and chant slogans during a gathering to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Arab Spring in Martyrs Square, Tripoli, Libya, Feb. 17, 2021.

Human rights, dissenters face uphill struggle in Libya

Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri

Libyan interim Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha.

Libya turns on Russia over Ukraine war, but does it matter?

Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri

MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images

What to expect now that Libya’s prime minister ousted

Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Libyan GNU Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, April 12, 2021.

Cairo quiet as Ankara reaches out to eastern Libya

Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri

Libyan men in traditional outfits arrive on their horses during a group wedding ceremony held in the western port city of Misurata, Libya, Sept. 5, 2006.

Libyan government's push to promote marriages faces backlash

Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Libyan Government of National Accord Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah attend a signing ceremony after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, April 12, 2021.

Libya’s parliament reaches out to Ankara leaving Gen. Hifter in the cold

Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri

The son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, Saif al-Islam, Aug. 20, 2008, in Sebha, 800 kilometers south of Tripoli.

Gadhafi’s son shakes up Libyan elections

Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri

Libya flags

Women face obstacles in bid for Libyan presidency

Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri

Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh (R) shakes hands with a US State Department official as senior official Joey Hood (C) watches, during a visit by US officials to Libya in a show of support for the country's transitional government, Tripoli, Libya, May 18, 2021.

United States ramps up Libyan engagement

Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri

Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush speaks, as her counterparts (R to L) French Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Heiko Maas and Italian Luigi Di Maio listen, during a press conference, Tripoli, Libya, March 25, 2021.

Mercenaries, foreign fighters threaten Libya's fragile transition

Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri

Dbeibah and Erdogan

Libyan prime minister visits Ankara

Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri

Foreign Minister in Libya's transitional Government of National Unity (GNU) Najla al-Mangoush poses for a picture in the capital Tripoli, on March 17, 2021. - The activist and lawyer from the eastern city of Benghazi is Libya's first female foreign minister, in a government which counts five women with two in key portfolios. Nevertheless this first for the country drew criticism from activists as too little and as not living up to a UN commitment. (Photo by Mahmud TURKIA / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP v

Libyan women make history in new government

Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri