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‘Young want to leave’: Libya’s brain drain, 15 years after Tripoli fell

London, United Kingdom – Sarah Mizran, a 32-year-old architect, was a teenager when Tripoli fell in August 2011, as opposition fighters swept into the capital. It was the beginning of the end for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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‘Young want to leave’: Libya’s brain drain, 15 years after Tripoli fell

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  • Fact 1: London, United Kingdom – Sarah Mizran, a 32-year-old architect, was a teenager when Tripoli fell in August 2011, as opposition fighters swept into the capital.
  • Fact 2: Having ruled for 42 years, he was soon captured and killed near Sirte.
  • Fact 3: She was 24 when she arrived in the UK on a scholarship to study at the University of Kent.
  • Fact 4: Nader Elgadi runs a charity that hosts diaspora events for those keen on rebuilding Libya [Courtesy of Nader Elgadi]Nader Elgadi, 36, was running his own media company in Tripoli when, in late 2014, fighting broke out around the capital’s airport during Libya’s second civil war.

London, United Kingdom – Sarah Mizran, a 32-year-old architect, was a teenager when Tripoli fell in August 2011, as opposition fighters swept into the capital. It was the beginning of the end for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Having ruled for 42 years, he was soon captured and killed near Sirte. Hundreds protest in Libya outside UN agency against undocumented migrants Protests erupt in Libya’s Tripoli as anger grows over power cuts Drone attacks on energy infrastructure deepen Libya’s energy crisis Can diplomacy end the conflict in Libya? Eight years ago, Mizran left the city for the United Kingdom.

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Original source: Al Jazeera

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