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In Libya,  97%, which is estimated, of the people living there are Sunni Muslim/the majority of Libyans are Muslim. In the picture below, there is Sunni Muslim people bowing near the mosque.

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Arabic is Libya's original and most understood language ever since 1969. English and Italian speakers are understood as well.

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Artists paint designs that are complex, geometric, and abstract. Libyan artists use twisted lines and geometric shapes in their floors, sewed goods, jewelry, leather goods, and pottery. Islamic words and passages from the Koran (the sacred text of Islam) are often carved in detailed handwriting. Libyan architecture has limits against representing human or animal figures, so realistic statues and decoration are not found on buildings.

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Japan-to-Mali/Libyans.html

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Most of Libya's early literature was written in the east, in the cities of Benghazi and Derna, but usually Benghazi because of its importance as an early Libyan capital and influence of the universities there. They were also the urban areas closest to Cairo and Alexandria - uncontested areas of Arab culture at the time. Even today, most writers trace their inspiration to eastern (rather than western) Libya.

https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Literature%20of%20Libya&item_type=topic

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Qadhafi's constitution, the Green Book, caused Libya to be an Arab, democratic, and free Republic before the revolt, which means that the USA's comparison about it's government was similar to Libya's before the revolt.

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Libya was one of the poorest countries in the whole Earth, but, in 1959, people discovered the Zaltan oil field. After Libya started selling oil to other countries and finding more oil fields, their GPD has largely increased.

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One major Muslim holiday is Eid al-Fitr, which comes at the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. During Ramadan, Muslims avoid eating or drinking during daylight hours. They do this in order to support poor people who do not have enough food. Special and complicated meals are prepared daily during the month of Ramadan when the daily fast is broken by a meal after sunset. Muslims celebrate for three days.

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Japan-to-Mali/Libyans.html

http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Libya.html#ixzz5ARGDh5I3

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Another holiday is Eid al-Adha, which celebrates the desire of Abraham to obey God's command in all things, even when Abraham was told to sacrifice his son.

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Couscous is very popular. It is semolina (a type of wheat flour) sprinkled with oil and water and rolled into tiny grains. The grains are steamed and then are ready for use in a favorite recipe. It can be mixed with different kinds of sauces and then combined with a variety of meats and/or vegetables. Couscous is also combined with honey and milk and served for breakfast.

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Japan-to-Mali/Libyans.html

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The first day of the Islamic New Year and the month of Muharram is known as Al-Hijra, which will end on September 22. This day represents the journey of the Prophet Muhammed from two of the holiest sites in Islam, from Mecca to Medina, in 624CE.

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Japan-to-Mali/Libyans.html

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Currently, Libya is in an uncertain state due to an ongoing civil war and the collapse of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in 2011. Libya is experiencing political weakness and has gone through several governmental changes over the last few years. This country was under the rule of Muammar Gaddafi from 1969 to 2011, until civil war erupted. The opposing forces sought to overthrow the Gaddafi government and established the National Transitional Council as the new legal representative of Libya. On October 23, 2011, the National Transitional Council called an end to the war, just 3 days after Gaddafi was killed.

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In the cities, there is a mixture of Western and traditional clothes. Girls usually wear brightly colored dresses, and boys wear jeans and shirts, and almost all women still cover their hair to be with the Islamic tradition.

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The traditional attire for men is a long, white gown worn over a shirt and pants. Some men wear a black or white Muslim hat on their heads. Traditional clothing women wear are long gowns and hair coverings, and most women's gowns cover both the head and body. In rural areas, traditional dress is very common. It isn't unusual to see people walking side by side in differ styles of garments.

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Japan-to-Mali/Libyans.html

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Traditional Libyan folk dance is a very popular. Music and dance groups often perform together at festivals. Complication clapping is also common in folk music.

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Japan-to-Mali/Libyans.html

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Line dancing is also popular, with dancers linking arms while swaying, hopping, and gliding across the stage.

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Japan-to-Mali/Libyans.html

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Singers are often accompanied by musicians who play violins, tambourines, the ud (a windpipe made of cane), the tablah (a hand-beaten drum), and the lyre.

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Japan-to-Mali/Libyans.html

Two of the most famous musicians of Libya are Ahmed Fakroun and Mohammed Hassan. Among Libyan Arabs, instruments include the Zokra (a bagpipe), flute (made of bamboo), tambourine, Oud (a non-concerning lute) and Derbakki, a goblet drum held sideways and played with the fingers.

http://www.traditionalarabicmusic.com/music_of_libya.html

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Arabs are the most popular cultural group and mixed kinds of Arab music are popular such as Andalusian music, locally known as Malouf, Sha'abi and Arab classical music. There is little or no pop music industry.

http://www.traditionalarabicmusic.com/music_of_libya.html

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The Tuareg live in the southern, Saharan part of the country, and have their own unique folk music. Among the Tuareg, women are the musicians. They play a one-stringed violin called an Anzad, as well as a variety of drums.

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Travelling Bedouin poet-singers have spread many popular songs across Libya. Among their styles is Huda, the camel driver's song, the rhythm of which is said to mimic the feet of a walking camel. In the painting below, John Singer Sargent was a Bedouin singer in 1891.

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An interim government is repeatedly organized following a forceful threat to overthrow the government or sudden death, when there has not been time to elect a government formally. Such a government may also be called a provisional government.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Libya

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Literacy Rate: 85.6% (2015)
Life Expectancy: about 72 years (2015)
GDP: $34.7 billion (2011)

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Sulaiman al-Barouni, an important figure of Libyans' struggle to the Italian entertainment, wrote the first book of Libyan poetry as well as publishing a newspaper called The Muslim Lion.

https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Literature%20of%20Libya&item_type=topic

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After the Italian defeat in WWll , the focus of Libyan literature shifted to the fight for independence. The 1960s were a intense decade for Libya, and this is reflected in the works of Libyan writers. Social change, the distribution of oil-wealth and the Six-Day War were a few of the most discussed topics.

https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Literature%20of%20Libya&item_type=topic

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Following the 1969 coup d'etat which brought Muammar Gaddafi to lead, the government established the Union of Libyan Writers. Thereafter, literature in the country took a much less against (against - like rival) approach towards the government, more often supporting government policies than opposing.

https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Literature%20of%20Libya&item_type=topic

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Libya has a literature tradition which was spoken poetry. It mostly demonstrates how horrible life was in the Italian colonial period.

(BTW, apologies for the comment; I thought only my classmates and you can comment. I also thought only you could grade my padlet by doing the grade function, so I disabled it,
but, unfortunately, it didn't remove. Sorry for my overthinking)

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As very little Libyan literature has been translated, few Libyan authors have received much attention outside of the Arab World. Possibly Libya's best-known writer, Ibrahim Al-Koni, is all but unknown outside the Arab-speaking world.

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Adults follow the rules of Islam: they pray five times a day, give donations to the poor, and fast for the month of Ramadan. There is a certain strictness to Libyan Islam shaped by the harshness of traditional life. This was strengthened by the Sanussi order, which was eliminated by the Qaddafi government for political reasons. In its place, the government began fundamentalist practices with very little effect on agricultural life, where the Libyan version is still practiced.

http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Libya.html#ixzz5AzwyWZXT

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Food in normal, daily life reflects the simplicity of pleasant and nomadic life styles. Libyan cooking styles are similar whether rural or urban, inactive or nomadic. Main courses are almost always pot dishes, and all meals are eaten out of a shared bowl. Meals are a great meaningful importance; in the houses or the tents of famous and/or important men, the major meal of the day rarely is taken without invited guests.

Most meals are simple with the daily consumption of meat kept to a minimum. The Bedouin rarely eat meat more than once a month. Agriculturists always seem to have enough supplies of fruit, vegetables, and grain. Nomads have plenty of milk, dates, and grain in most seasons. In both town and desert, meals are ended with three glasses of green tea, preparation and ingestion of which is a recognizable ritual.

http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Libya.html#ixzz5ARB7JZ4y

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Asida is a traditional known Libyan food that's made out of a cooked wheat flour lump of dough, sometimes with added butter, honey or rub.

https://www.temehu.com/Libyan-food.htm

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Meals are prepared by the women of the family and served to guests by the young men of the family. Food is served on long low tables, tall enough to allow guests to sit cross legged (criss - cross - apple - sauce) and their belly touching the edge. The main course usually is introduced by dried dates, milk, and buttermilk. Each liquid is served in a large family/communal bowl. Libyans drink green tea after all meals and throughout the day. Fancy meals are prepared for almost all ritual gatherings or celebrations.

http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Libya.html#ixzz5ARGDh5I3

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The economic specialization of agricultural communities helped teamwork as towns and countries sought somebody else's products. The Bedouin supplied the towns with meat, wool, hides, and security; markets in towns are provided with necessary and luxury goods from artisans and traders (guns and ammo) and agricultural products.

http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Libya.html#ixzz5AztFTEIY

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Before the discovery of oil in the late 1950s, Libya was considered poor in natural resources and severely limited because of its desert environment. The country was almost entirely dependent upon foreign aid and imports for the control and care for it's economy; the discovery of petroleum dramatically changed this situation. The government tried hard to gain strong control over the economy and attempted to develop agriculture and industry with wealth took from its huge oil earnings. It also established a safe, well-being/welfare state, which provides medical care and education at the least cost to the people. Although Libya’s long-ruling leader Muammar al-Qaddafi welcomed an unique political belief fixed in direct democracy, Libya remained an undemocratic, strict state, with power concentrating among members of Qaddafi’s inner circle of relatives and security chiefs. In opposition to the Qaddafi control reaching an unknown level in 2011, it developed into an armed revolt (revolt - to not want somebody to be in charge) that forced Qaddafi from power.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Libya

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I hope you had a fun time reading this padlet, and listened to some Michael Jackson while reading it!  Anyway, just wanted to say (like always), "Hope you enjoyed it!"

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Meals served in the tented society slightly differ from presentation in towns. In a tented society, important guests are honored with a sacrificial slaughter of a goat or sheep. In towns, sacrifice is not as often, because there, usually, is easy access to daily markets. The animal is butchered, and the flesh is boiled to form the important ingredient of a stew to be served over couscous. Sometimes different types of pasta may be used as a substitute for couscous. (The meal goes on...traditionally)

http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Libya.html#ixzz5ARGDh5I3

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvx87I7TYTQ

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