The Shores of Tripoli

My Stay in Tripoli, Libya

North Africa

The Shores of Tripoli

Our First Tour

This is Tripoli harbor on the Mediterranean Sea. 1951/1953

My stepfather was in the Air Force and Tripoli, Libya was where my family was stationed. The Air Base was called Wheelus AFB. I have tried to bring up information about Tripoli, but unfortunately it goes to another Web Site. We were there in 1951 to 1953, returned in 1957 to 1960. I have many great photo's, plus some I borrowed from my Mom. I will explain each one and any story I can add to the photo. The photo are large because I want you to get a good view. So please be patient and let the photos download. I'm sure Mom will correct me on any missed spelled word, time or place.

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(1) I call this one, The Shores of Tripoli. (2) This is the Grand Hotel, facing the Shores.

(3) This is the Catholic Church with our taxi's waiting.

They are call -- Gerries. In Arabic they are called "Karroosaa" for one and "Krarees" for two or more. Mom said we always got a flea as a bonus. Dang, if I can remember. I was just having fun. Getting started from downtown to:

Almost home.. Since you don't see the driver - guess who took the photo? Not bad, huh?

I guess you can call this ' the center of town.'

This is the entrance to the Old City, which looks like a castle.

The walls were built to protect the City.

This street used to be call "24 December Street". I always thought of Christmas. Later, in 1969, they changed the name to "1st of September". Do you see the bus coming toward us? That was the blue bus we rode to Wheelus AFB. The thing hanging in the air is one street light.

Down the V shaped street, "Omar El Mukhtar" (named after an Libyan Fighter against the modern Italian occupation of Libya from 1911 to 1943) in the far back had two things I remember. 1.) A British Theatre - where in 1952 I sat with my sister watching the news reel of Queen Elizabeth inauguration. It was a Cinderella story to me. 2.) Our landlord has a Jewelry shop and every time we stopped in we got a trinket.

Piasita Itila (Plazza Italia) as it was called during 1951 thru 1953. The name has been changed to "Maidaan Ash'shuhadaa" or "Martyrs Square" in English.

Our garbage man, Ali. I bet you knew his name.

Local Arabs

Ask me how many times I saw this... date anyone? Picture above on far right is a Holiday which reminds me of Halloween. The child in the middle is dressed in bark, he goes from store to store and they give him candy. This Holiday is called "Ashoora" which means in Arabic "The Tenth day of the month, but here it means the 10th day of the Lunar Islamic first month "Muharram". Muslims usually celebrate this day in several aspects among them 'Fasting'. This means they do not eat or drink from dawn to sunset for several reason:

1) Arabs hundred years before Islam (before 610 AD) 'fast' this day

2) Arab Jews also fast this day in the same period because they believe that it is the day when God saved his Prophet "Moses" and his people from Pharaoh of Egypt when he made the sea opened to save his people from Egypt

3) Muslims believe in Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and all other prophets of God, as same as his last messenger "Muhammad", so they start fasting "Ashoora" with Jews.

4) It is the day when "Al-Husain Ibn Ali" ( The Husain son of Ali) - the son of the cousin of Prophet Muhammad "Ali" whom is also the husband of one of Muhammad's daughter and the fourth Muslim Ruler of the Islamic Empire -martyrized in one of his battles against the corrupted Islamic Ruler of that time.

The above information has been given to me by Abdullahhakeem Tweel, Libyan Engineer & Journalist.

Click here Photos of Tripoli Today. Also thanks to Mahmoud Fallah, Libyan Environmental Engineer for his assistance in helping me find my old home.

The Waterfront

Mom viewing the City and my Parents ( Capt. George & Mattie Ruth Hilas)

For more photos - see the links below.

The King, His Castle and Dinner Time, Old City , Sabratha, Lady of Garian, Friends and Officer Wives Club, Family photos and Lido Beach, Miscellanies photos, Tripoli Today.

Page 2 - second tour - 1957 to1960

Other Great Websites of Libya

Daily News from North Africa, Libya Online,

Cultural Travel through Libya

http://www.1001Sites.com

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The flag on the left was before 1969. The current flag is green.

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05/13/2007 last update

Tripoli - Libya, many years ago

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XOOPSer of the Month

XOOPSer of the Month

This month we would like to recognize Mowaffak Ali (Mowaffak), for his endless support for XOOPS, his XOOPS Web Tools, his News Block, and his teamwork and collaboration on modules of other authors, and his support for Arabic XOOPS users.

Where are you from, and where do you live now?
I'm from Libya, I was born and grown up in a small beautiful city called Derna, but now I moved to work in the capital,Tripoli.

How long have you been programming?
I started learning PHP in 2004 but mainly I'm a web designer and I began developing and making xoops modules in 2007, so I like what my friend trabis said: "You can call me a : wanna be developer".

What is your expertise?
Though I got my BSc degree in completely different area (Laboratory Medicine),I had a great interest in computing and IT for more than 10 years ago, so my expertise is years of experience.

What got you to XOOPS?
My first experience with XOOPS was about 4 years ago, A friend of mine from Libyan Linux Group recommended XOOPS to me when I asked him to move from PHP-NUKE to other CMS, and really I enjoyed what I am doing with XOOPS!

What do you like the most about XOOPS?
XOOPS gives me what I want and it is the effective reason of the most of progress and success in my life.

In what area of XOOPS do you contribute and why?
Making new hacks and Improving modules, this is what I always do, and also to support new XOOPS members.

What you you major achievement in programming that you're most proud of?
As I said programming isn't really my main area, but I have many ideas crossing my head and I am planing to join new work team to do it. Mainly, I will release some simple usefull modules and hacks.

What are your hobbies, when you're not coding?
Drawing, travel and listening to Quran.

You favorite dish and drink?
Fish dish and Mango juice.

What about movies and music?
I love watching Lion of The Desert (Omar Almokhtar ) movie, Tom & Jerry and classic music.

Since your birth date matches this mont,what was your last achievments to celebrate it?
Well, I just finished update new version of latest news module, I participated in supporting Mydownload module, and finally, I just came back from ECIA Conference at Sharm Alshaikh, Egypt where I gave speech about online payment and XOOPS.

If you would have a chance for a 30 seconds commercial with a message to the world, what would you say?
Love and Peace for all.

If you could choose a place and time to live, what would it be and why?
It could be anywhere, just plug me to high speed internet !

Who is the person that you would like to meet and why?
Marcello Brandão (Suico) to play GTA4 game.

Mohammad Binlamin

The Inner Vision: Bin Lamin's world By: Solara Sabah. Canada

Mohammed Bin lamin an artist who is residing in his concealed and private world. Ethan chorin An American writer described him as “unique artist”. Although Bin lamin never attained any formal school to learn art nor any Institute of Arts, but he is up to date in his art and very bright about his own culture. Through experimental research spanned for over fifteen years, Bin lamin was able to create very important new technique with special appropriate materials for his paints (this technique is still unknown in the world so as Bin lamin at the edge of the Sahara in Libya). His works look as if it is a legacy for a great civilization that is vague. Firm structures animals or organisms that look spiritual and shy. He called them “Yellow Beings”, which almost you can feel their warm breath, they looked as if they have just emerged from old caves to walk in and surprised by its first step, or sometimes they look as if they run away from scorched land. Bin lamin’s characters in this art are creatures that inhabited his world with their own privacy and identity, the light emanates from them, glowing and dancing surrounding with the rhythm of the blue night. In “Opera of Spoons “ bin lamin painted the gaze faces in the spoon using the foam that left over the spoons after stirring the coffee. Bin lamin in his works is digging to create a lasting images of inner being and place, in others words his art represent the unspoken language of our eternal dreams. -----------------------------------------------

* (Mohammad Bin Lamin's Yellow Beings) From Book (Translating Libya – The Modern Libyan Short Story) By Ethan Chorin American writer and translator A few weeks after I arrived back in Washington, Lamia El-Makki (author of 'Tripoli Story') sent me a link to the website of Libyan artist Mohammad Bin Lamin. I’d seen various pieces of Libyan art, some good, some not so good; all, like Libyan literature, somewhat haunting. Bin Lamin's work, however, was singular. I was struck in particular by a group of paintings under the heading (Yellow Being). They were both outlandish and colorful, sort of a cross between Dali and Rothco, flavored with desert and sun. One piece, depicting a creature walking with a staff, his hair wild, I imagined to be the kindly alter-ego of the evil Marabout in 'The Yellow Rock'. When I asked Bin Lamin where his Yellow Beings come from, he was open to suggestion: 'They are spiritual beings,' he offered, 'somehow bound up with the miracle of existence. Perhaps they are leaves which have fallen from an old tree that is no longer there, or people who have yellowed with maturity.' Bin Lamin insisted the Yellow Beings were 'not Libyan in particular', but in Bin Lamin and his work I thought I saw something quintessentially Libyan. If Bin Lamin were a writer, I'd no doubt have included his stories here. Perhaps the Yellow Beings do indeed have some magic about them, for a month after I returned to the States; Bin Lamin inadvertently solved our last remaining problem when he asked if I would look over a few stories by a friend. At that point, Basem and I had basically given up on finding that one story with reference to the ‘most beautiful place in all of Libya’. I thought I had come close when the septuagenarian owner of a newly-opened used bookstore in Tripoli’s Old City told me knew someone in the area who wrote short stories, but it was not to be. With its timely and detailed descriptions of Darnah and its environs, Abdalla Ali Al-Ghazal’s ‘The Mute’ would constitute the final piece of our geographic jigsaw puzzle. Link to (Yellow Being): http://www.binlamin.com/yellowbeing.htm * Mohammad Binlamin - Born in Misurata, Libya 1969. - Has Diploma in Ships maintenance. - Artist, Painter, Sculptor and Poet. - Participated in many exhibitions in Libya and outside Libya. - President of the Association of MISURATA Artists. - Member of (ISA) INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS - Sweden - Member of MASTER PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION (MPA) UK 2002 . - Member of Artists for peace organization. www.artistsnpeace.org - Judge member for kid competition in paintings and drawings. Misurata - Computer Graphics designer. - Producer for many Digital Graphics arts. - Worked as designer with local publishing company, designed many books covers and logos. - 2002 Worked as Arabic Media designer with (DMC) Digital Media Center. Leeds, UK. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Exhibitions: -2007 (Hoon's autumn festival) 2007. Hoon. -2007 (The silphium Fair) Benghazi – Libya. -2006 The 8th Changchun China International Sculpture Symposium – with sculpture titled: (Sun of Love). Marble and Bronze. -2006 (BOOK-ART Project) Associazione di Promozione Sociale Artetica) Roma - Italia. -2006 (EL Najem Fair) Tripoli. -2005 (The Open Festival of Fine Art) . Misurata. -2005 (INTERNATIONAL BOOKS FAIR) Tripoli. -2004 (Hannibal Festival) Tripoli . -2004 (PARALLEL STATES). Cairo Atelier. Egypt 11.07.2004. -2003 (festival of Libyan Girl Association) Misurata. -2003 (Mafazat Al Abereen) (sculptures exhibition) . -2001 Edinburgh, The annual side walk gallery. -2000 Electronic Recollections : ( Experiences in Color's Electronics & Printer's Sincerity) Misurata. -2000 Gallery Exhibitions with Adnan Maetiq at Alfateeh Tower, Tripoli, Libya . -2000 Participation in International Symposium of Sculpture – Aley 2000 Lebanon, with sculpture titled: (Signal way to Heaven). Marble and Stainless Steel. -1998 Group Gallery with The artists: Musbah Alkabeer & Adnan Maetiq at (Gallery De Villa) Tripoli, Libya. Series: - Yellow Beings (Paintings) 2004 Mixed Media. - Volcano Cards (Paintings) 2004 Mixed Media. - Opera of Spoons 2005 Photographs. - Clown Kingdom 2005 Digital Art. - Remainders of Visionary Beings (Paintings) 2007-08 New Media. - Beings Who is Enclose the White Full Moon 2008 (Paintings) New Media. - My Special Mythical Beings [1] 2008 (Paintings) New Media. - Scarecrows of Nocturnal Fields 2008 (Paintings) New Media. - botanical mummy 2008 Photographs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Accomplishments: 1. Mohmmad Bin lamin discovered a new and unknown technical task which is regarded as substantial addition in the world of techniques and media. 2. Mohmmad Bin lamin invented new Media with new technique on the painting based on especial materials using photographic burned - paper. It is inexpensive method and has important results and quick implementation, durable and can be washed with water. Interviews: [newspaper - broadcast - television] TV: - Nile Culture TV Channel: Program ( Kamar Anneel- Moon of Nile ) 2003 Cairo - Egypt. - ESC 1 Egyptian Sat Channel: Program (AL-Marsam - The Studio) 2004 Cairo - Egypt. - TV Sat Libya: Program ( Marafee ) 2005 Misurata - Libya. - TV Sat Libya : Program ( Anamel Mubdeaa - Creative Fingers ) 2006 Misurata - Libya. - Changchun National TV Channel - : Program ( News ) 2006 Changchun - China . - Changchun National TV Channel - : Program ( CULTURE EXPRESS ) 2006 Changchun - China . - TV Sat Libya : Program ( Rawak AL-Fonon -PORCH of ARTS ) 2007 Misurata - Libya. - Tve Television Espanola S. A. : Program ( EN PORTADA ) With: Pilar Requena del Rio (Reporter) 2008 Misurata - Libya. - Allibyea Channel: Program ( Libya Hada AL-Yauom -Libya Today ) 2008 Misurata - Libya. Broadcast: - Misurata local Radio. - Program Imtidad Broadcast 2007 London UK. Newspaper: - ( Arabic Newspapers - Libyan Newspapers - Chinese Newspapers - Websites ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Links: http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/mohammad-binlamin.html http://www.wotartist.com http://www.wotartist.com/directory.asp?categoryid=5 http://www.artmajeur.com/mohammadbinlamin/ http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?artid=27122 saatchi-gallery: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Mohammad+Binlamin/23124.html Libya- Libyan artist Mohammed Ben Lamin: http://www.libyanet.com/mblamin1.htm myartspace: http://www.myartspace.com/artistInfo.do?subscriberid=op87kslh89qvzte1&populatinglist=home The Art fix Issue (79): http://www.augustofineart.com/The_art_fix/The_Art_Fix_Cleveland_Connection_Issue79_September_2005.htm Imtidad: http://imtidad.blogspot.com/2006/05/blog-post_24.html Contact Mohammad Bin LAmin: Website: www.binlamin.com Email: info@binlamin.com art@binlamin.com binlamin@yahoo.co.uk Mobile: +218 92 5509391 P.o.Box: (209) Misurata - L I B Y A
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Omar Attira’s trip around half the world

Because of his great loves for nature, travel and exploring the world and cultures, traveler Omar Attira began in 1997 his famous trip around the world on foot, after preparations and exercises that lasted for years in his home country Libya. He set out from his home in Benghazi city in the eastern part of Libya to start his long on-foot trip to Egypt, and this trip was the first step in his travels around the world, and from there he continued walking on foot across three continents: Asia, Europe and Africa. He crossed 76 States. On his trip, which lasted 8 years and two months, he explored the life, history, geography and cultures of different peoples and environments, and took thousands of photographs. During his trip, Omar experienced lots of difficulties and hardships; he survived Turkey’s devastating earthquake that occurred in 1999, and across the Victoria Falls in Africa, the second greatest waterfalls in the world; and he also survived an attempted murder and kidnapping in the jungle, and was about to be prey to Africa’s lions. He also suffered from a temporary paralysis in the left arm in the middle of his trip. Omar Attira was the first to fly the flags of Libya and the African Union over the crest of the highest volcanic mountain in the world; Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, where it took him three days to climb and reach the summit. During his exciting trip, which lasted for 3000 days, Omar met with international prominent personalities: presidents, princes, ministers and celebrities from various walks of life. He visited the prison of freedom fighter Nelson Mandela and visited the International Court of Justice in The Hague. During his world trip, Omar raised the slogan "we challenge the blockade by walking on foot" as Libya was then under the embargo imposed by the international community at the beginning of his trip, and then he raised the slogan "Yes, to peace and security…No, to violence and terrorism" after the 9/11 attacks in the United States. After returning home in 2006, traveler Omar Attira won the third rank in the Photography Festival in Germany, by participating with pictures he had been taken for children in Africa. In the future, traveler Omar Attira intends to go on touring the other half of the world crossing the other three continents; North America, South America and Australia. The Traveler’s Profile At twelve o'clock, Sunday 15th of January 1978, traveler Omar Attira was born in the Libyan city of Benghazi where he grew up and lived his troublemaking childhood with his family, to which he is very attached. He loved playing most of the time and he used to make his own toys manually. Omar loves nature and animals particularly cats that he used keep and gets very sad when he loses them. As of early age, he used to love traveling; his dream was to tour the world, and his hobby was coin collecting, stamps and photography. He received his basic, intermediate and secondary schooling in the city of Benghazi his birthplace, in the Birka neighborhood. History and geography were his preferred subjects. He excelled in them, and during classes, he would distractedly draw maps on his desk, and this prompted the teacher to sack him from class as a punishment. His father Belaid Attira was a merchant who died in 2006. His major advice to his son was: "Beware where to tread and strive to achieve success". His mother, Mrs. Mudallalah, was a loving housewife, caring for her family and domestic life. Omar describes her as a teacher. Mrs. Mudallalah has four sons, including Omar and six daughters. They are all leading a closely-tied family life. Omar’s model is his elder sister Zaynab; a lawyer with strong personality and a successful career. She has supported him since childhood.







Voyage d'Omar Attira autour de la moitié du monde En raison de sa grande passion pour la nature, le voyage et l’exploration du monde et des cultures, le voyageur Omar Attira a commencé en 1997 son voyage célèbre autour du monde à pied, après des préparations et des exercices qui ont duré pendant des années dans son pays d'origine la Libye. Il s'est mis en route depuis sa maison à la ville de Benghazi dans la région orientale de la Libye pour commencer son long voyage sur-pied en Egypte, et ce voyage était la première étape dans ses voyages autour du monde, et de là il a continué de marcher à pied à travers trois continents : L'Asie, l'Europe et l'Afrique. Il a traversé 76 états. Pendant son voyage, qui a duré 8 ans et deux mois, il a exploré la vie, l’histoire, la géographie et les cultures de différents peuples et environnements, et a pris des milliers de photographies. Pendant son voyage, Omar a éprouvé un bon nombre de difficultés et de difficultés; il a survécu le tremblement de terre dévastateur de la Turquie qui s'est produit en 1999, et à travers les Chuttes Victoria en Afrique, les deuxièmes plus grandes chutes d'eau au monde; et il a également survécu un attemptat de meurtre et de kidnapping dans la jungle, et était sur le point d'être proie aux lions de l'Afrique. Il a également souffert d'une paralysie provisoire dans le bras gauche au milieu de son voyage. Omar Attira était le premier à mettre les drapeaux de la Libye et de l'Union Africaine au-dessus de la crête de la plus haute montagne volcanique au monde; le Mont Kilimanjaro en Tanzanie, où il a mis trois jours pour y grimper et atteindre le sommet. Pendant son voyage excitant, qui a duré pendant 3000 jours, Omar a rencontré des personnalités internationales: présidents, princes, ministres et célébrités de divers secteurs. Il a visité la prison du combatant pour la liberté Nelson Mandela de et a visité la Cour de Justice internationale à la Haye. Pendant son voyage autour du monde, Omar a soulevé le slogan "Nous défions le blocus en marchant à pied" comme la Libye était alors sous l'embargo imposé par la communauté internationale au début de son voyage, et puis, il a soulevé le slogan "oui, à la paix et de sécurité..., et Non, à la violence et au terrorisme" après les attaques de 9/11 aux Etats-Unis. Après son retour au pays en 2006, le voyageur Omar Attira a gagné le troisième rang au festival de photographie en Allemagne, par la participation avec des images qu'il avait été pris pour des enfants en Afrique. À l'avenir, le voyageur Omar Attira a l'intention de continuer à voyager de l'autre moitié du monde tarversant les trois autres continents; L'Amérique du nord, l'Amérique du sud et l'Australie. Le Profil du Voyageur Le voyageur Omar Attira est né le dimanche 15 janvier 1978, à douze heures, dans la ville libyenne de Benghazi où il a grandi et a vécu son enfance avec sa famille, à laquelle il est très attaché. La plupart du temps, il a aimé jouer et il avait l'habitude de faire ses propres jouets manuellement. Omar aime la nature et les animaux et sutout les chats, et il devient très triste quand il les perd. Depuis son jeune âge, il avait l'habitude d'aimer voyager; son rêve etait de parcourir le monde, et son passe-temps était la collection des pieces de monnaie, des timbres et la photographie. Il a reçu son éducation de base, intermédiaire et secondaire dans la ville de Benghazi son lieu de naissance, dans le voisinage de Birka. L'histoire et la géographie étaient ses matières préférées dont il excelait. En classe, il dessinerait en perplexité des cartes sur sa table, et ceci a souvent incité le professeur à l’expulser de la classe comme punition. Son père Belaid Attira était un marchand qui est mort en 2006. Son conseil principal à son fils était: "sache bien où mettre les pieds et tâche de réaliser le succès". Sa mère, Mme Mudallalah, était une femme au foyer affectueuse qui s’occuppait de sa famille et de la vie domestique. Omar la décrit en tant qu’une institutrice. Mme Mudallalah a quatre fils, y compris Omar et six filles. Ils mènent tous une vie de famille étroitement-attachée. Le modèle d'Omar est sa soeur ainée Zaynab; une avocate qui a une personnalité forte et une carrière réussie. Elle le soutenait depuis son enfance.

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