Libya
Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Lebanon
September 15th, 2012 | History, Libya, Photography, Politics, Religion
Pope Benedict urged multi-faith Lebanon to be a model of peace and religious coexistence for the Middle East, which he called a turbulent region that “seems to endure interminable birth pangs”
Anti-American rage
September 15th, 2012 | Libya, Photography, Politics, Religion, World
Fury about a film that insults Islam tore across the Middle East this week with protesters attacking US embassies and burning American flags. The obscure California-made film triggered an attack on the US consulate in Libya’s city of Benghazi that killed the US ambassador and three other Americans on Tuesday, the anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 al-Qaeda attacks on the United States.
Libya – one year on
February 20th, 2012 | Libya, Politics, World
‘Irish Times’ photographer Brenda Fitzsimons captures scenes in Libya a year on from protests that later turned into an armed uprising that toppled Col Muammar Gadafy.
