Meet The Humans Of Tripoli — Telling The Other Side Of Libya's Story
BuzzFeed - Latest 2014-09-22
Summary:
Amid a simmering civil war, everyday life still goes on, and it’s not all bad news.
With conflict raging in the Libyan capital, Emad Gaidi wanted people to see another side of his hometown. So, inspired by the successful Humans of New York model, earlier this year he started his own page: Humans of Tripoli.
Facebook: humansoftripolilibya
"I decided to do so because I wanted to show the other side of Tripoli media isn't covering," Gaidi, 41, told BuzzFeed News via a Facebook message. He wanted to capture the everyday people, places, and experiences in Tripoli, Libya's coastal capital.
And the cute little kids, of course.
But Libya is also in the midst of a brutal civil war, with militias battling it out the in the streets of Tripoli, sometimes making it difficult for Gaidi to post for weeks amid the violence and shortages in basics like fuel and electricity.
As fighting in Tripoli raged in June, Humans of Tripoli posted: "We apologize for the delay, due to the current security situation and the fuel shortage and..."
Facebook: humansoftripolilibya