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Power and Struggle for Education in Libya

An Insider’s Perspective

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Educators of the Mediterranean… …Up Close and Personal

Part of the book series: Comparative and International Education ((CIEDV,volume 9))

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Abstract

I am Libyan and a member of the academic staff at the Faculty of Education, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya. More recently I have moved from Al-Fateh University in Tripoli (West of Libya) to Omar Al-Mukhtar in Al-Beda (East of Libya) due to family commitments and a personal desire to be close to my beloved hometown Derna. In short I was fortunate to be born in the city of Derna and witness during the sixties and seventies how education inspired and transformed people all through the period of the monarchy as well as during the early stages of the present regime.

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  1. Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya

    Abdelbasit Gadour

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  1. University of Malta, Malta

    Ronald G. Sultana (Editor) (Editor)

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Gadour, A. (2011). Power and Struggle for Education in Libya. In: Sultana, R.G. (eds) Educators of the Mediterranean… …Up Close and Personal. Comparative and International Education, vol 9. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-681-6_11

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