*Ghibli: hot dry southeasterly wind of Libya*

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On this day in 1911, an Italian pilot named Giulio Gavotti drops four grenades from an Etrich Taube monoplane onto Ottoman positions in Libya. It's history's first air strike. No casualties are inflicted.

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Honoured to share the works of Abdelgader Bader, who is Nahla Ink Artist of the Month. The poetic style of this Libyan artist caught my eye over ten years ago on a trip to Tripoli, when I couldn't help but admire his work and tremendous talent. I still do!

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“13th anniversary of the first September revolution 1982” – 🇱🇾 Libyan stamp from 1982 commemorating the 13th anniversary of the coup that saw Muammar Gaddafi come to power

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For my favourite papyrus: a North African Greek actor's rehearsal script for the bereaved Admetus' role in Euripides' Alcestis; extra-big letters for reading off while gesticulating: 'I'll never touch the lyre again, nor lift my heart in song to the Libyan pipe"

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Scholar and fighter
Omar Al-Mokhtar

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- Smol Soldiers - Battle of North Africa WW2 - Italian Forces Lolis - Italian Colonial Scouts Fezzan ( Arabic Libyan ) & Faven ( Eritrean ) with Beretta M1918 + OVP 1918 SMG's - Which faction should i do next?
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Michelangelo🎨 “Libyan Sibyl”. Thanks dear Spiros🙏 Splendid painting. Beautiful colours! Happy day to you and all 🎶☀️

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recreation of the Libyan Sibyl from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Made for a school assignment and ended up a little rushed because it's due in 20 minutes.

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In the Iliad, Poseidon drives a chariot drawn by "brazen-hoofed horses over the sea's surface."

Apollonius said the horses of Poseidon emerged from the sea & galloped across the Libyan sands.

Part horse / part fish: HIPPOCAMPUS.

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【月面世界】でー卓 A班
鍵掛かまら(アノ)
辛石 子陽(八重樫)
紫暇 飛灯(さくわ)
Lucille Libyana Winchester(けにあ)
庵泥丁斑子(ごま飯)

🌕平成最後の満月の日🌕
……にこのシナリオを回せる贅沢さ。
朝帰りの皆さんwithけにあっていうメンツもすごい。
よろしくお願い致します!!

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First bomber pilot

On 1 November 1911, 2nd Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti, Italian Army air battalion, based in Libya, dropped four grenades on Turkish
troops just outside Tripoli.

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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Studies for the Libyan Sibyl
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Red chalk on paper, pen and ink, 288 x 194 mm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Mother's Day 2019 (MENA), 3/21/19, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, SaudiArabia

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Gamila El Alaily’s 112th Birthday, 3/20/19, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar.

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