I admit it, when I was young, I did not know much about Libya or about Col. Mu'ammar Al Qaddafi except for the stereotypical myths, distortions and lies from corporate media: "Qaddafi is an autocrat, a tyrant, a dictator, a mad man, etc..."
When I first travelled to the Middle East, Kareem, a good friend of mine who used to play soccer with us in San Francisco picked me up in the airport in Al Qahira - while he was taking me to the hotel he gave me the download about social protocols in Egypt, at one point he addressed the subject of how to interact with women in this way: "You don't talk to women unless you are introduced to them by a member of the family, the exceptions are if they are elderly or children, other than that just abstain." Needless to say, I totally adjusted to full Muslim mode within hours. I would not look or talk to women and when an attractive lady would be around I would just look down like other Muslim men did.
I travelled all throughout Egypt, Jordan and Palestine always observing my friend Kareem's advice, then one day I was in a bus station in Egypt's White Desert near Libya when I was approached by a group of perhaps 6-7 women, they started talking to me, they were most giggly and friendly, they wanted to take pictures with me, one of them jokingly suggested we should get married - a very joyful group of young women but honestly, I was shocked by these unusual ways, so I asked: "Where are you guys from?" and they proudly responded: "Libya!." Since I did not know much about Libya at the time the first thing came to mind was to say: "Qaddafi" - this was in 2012, the Brother Leader of the Libyan Revolution had already been brutally assassinated by US/NATO/Al-Qaeda mercenaries - yet after I uttered Qaddafi's name perhaps 6 out of these 7 women touched their hearts, looked at the sky and repeated his name sending love and kisses to the father of Libya, the other one was kind of indifferent.
I was very curious about their reaction which contradicted what I knew at the time about Qaddafi and decided to study him extensively upon my return to San Francisco. Once back home I read many books, articles and have watched a lot of films and documentaries about Al Qaddafi (from both sides of the political spectrum) After all this research now I do understand the magnitude of Qaddafi's inmortal legacy: The Great Jamahiriyah, the Third Universal Theory, the Green Book, the Great Man Made River, Qaddafi's fierce fight against imperialism, his Pan African dream and his crucial support to his brother and comrade Nelson Mandela to defeat Apartheid in white supremacist South Africa,
Make no mistake, I am most skeptical about most people (leave aside most politicians) I am well aware of Qaddafi's few shortcomings and strategical errors - that being said, very few historical figures have impressed me as much as Mu'ammar Al Qaddafi. Honestly, there are few people I respect as much as him, hence I go out of my way to try to educate people about Qaddafi's legacy and dispel the many myths, distortions and misconceptions about him propagated by corporate media and the ministers of propaganda.
I think about Qaddafi often and always dearly, I truly miss him and wish nothing more than for the Great Arab Jamahiriyah to reign over Libya once again bringing back those glorious days of pride and sovereignty of the Great Libyan nation.
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When I first travelled to the Middle East, Kareem, a good friend of mine who used to play soccer with us in San Francisco picked me up in the airport in Al Qahira - while he was taking me to the hotel he gave me the download about social protocols in Egypt, at one point he addressed the subject of how to interact with women in this way: "You don't talk to women unless you are introduced to them by a member of the family, the exceptions are if they are elderly or children, other than that just abstain." Needless to say, I totally adjusted to full Muslim mode within hours. I would not look or talk to women and when an attractive lady would be around I would just look down like other Muslim men did.
I travelled all throughout Egypt, Jordan and Palestine always observing my friend Kareem's advice, then one day I was in a bus station in Egypt's White Desert near Libya when I was approached by a group of perhaps 6-7 women, they started talking to me, they were most giggly and friendly, they wanted to take pictures with me, one of them jokingly suggested we should get married - a very joyful group of young women but honestly, I was shocked by these unusual ways, so I asked: "Where are you guys from?" and they proudly responded: "Libya!." Since I did not know much about Libya at the time the first thing came to mind was to say: "Qaddafi" - this was in 2012, the Brother Leader of the Libyan Revolution had already been brutally assassinated by US/NATO/Al-Qaeda mercenaries - yet after I uttered Qaddafi's name perhaps 6 out of these 7 women touched their hearts, looked at the sky and repeated his name sending love and kisses to the father of Libya, the other one was kind of indifferent.
I was very curious about their reaction which contradicted what I knew at the time about Qaddafi and decided to study him extensively upon my return to San Francisco. Once back home I read many books, articles and have watched a lot of films and documentaries about Al Qaddafi (from both sides of the political spectrum) After all this research now I do understand the magnitude of Qaddafi's inmortal legacy: The Great Jamahiriyah, the Third Universal Theory, the Green Book, the Great Man Made River, Qaddafi's fierce fight against imperialism, his Pan African dream and his crucial support to his brother and comrade Nelson Mandela to defeat Apartheid in white supremacist South Africa,
Make no mistake, I am most skeptical about most people (leave aside most politicians) I am well aware of Qaddafi's few shortcomings and strategical errors - that being said, very few historical figures have impressed me as much as Mu'ammar Al Qaddafi. Honestly, there are few people I respect as much as him, hence I go out of my way to try to educate people about Qaddafi's legacy and dispel the many myths, distortions and misconceptions about him propagated by corporate media and the ministers of propaganda.
I think about Qaddafi often and always dearly, I truly miss him and wish nothing more than for the Great Arab Jamahiriyah to reign over Libya once again bringing back those glorious days of pride and sovereignty of the Great Libyan nation.
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