One recent day in Tripoli, hundreds of people strolled through a charity fundraiser organized by the women in Libya's capital city. Women sold baked goods and handicrafts in rows of stalls. For the kids, there were a moon bounce and face painting. There was even a rock band that could use some practice.
It was a lot like charity bazaars in towns across the U.S., with a couple of notable exceptions: Most of the women wore headscarves, and among the more popular items for sale were hand-knitted versions of the Libyan flag.
The women running this fundraiser are revolutionaries, and they played a large but often unsung role in the uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi back in August. Now, they want a larger role in the new government and political system under construction in Libya.
Read the whole article in npr, posted 4th October
One recent day in Tripoli, hundreds of people strolled through a charity fundraiser organized by the women in Libya's capital city. Women sold baked goods and handicrafts in rows of stalls. For the kids, there were a moon bounce and face painting. There was even a rock band that could use some practice.
It was a lot like charity bazaars in towns across the U.S., with a couple of notable exceptions: Most of the women wore headscarves, and among the more popular items for sale were hand-knitted versions of the Libyan flag.
The women running this fundraiser are revolutionaries, and they played a large but often unsung role in the uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi back in August. Now, they want a larger role in the new government and political system under construction in Libya.
Read the whole article in npr, posted 4th October