Libyan Epigrams

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[Libyan Epigrams @libyanepigrams]

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[Libyan Epigrams @libyanepigrams]

قليل الأصل ماتنفع معــاه المليحة لو درتله في السماء درجيحة

There is no pleasing some people

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[Libyan Tales @libyantales]

An elderly man sitting outside his home in #Tripoli with a young girl.

ca. 1959.

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[Libyan Epigrams @libyanepigrams]

يـمـشي الجافل و يـجي الغافل

Someone exhausted by a bad situation leaves, while a clueless replacement shows up.

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[ kul - gus•sah - tah•t’ha - ghus•sah ]

Behind every person lies a story—a hidden ache.

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[Libyan Tales @libyantales]

Libyan women - 1940s.

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Two friends, Fatima and Amida - Libya 1920.

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Traditional weavers, Libya - 1940s

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Libyan soldier - 1940.
جندي ليبي - 1940.

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[Libyan Words @libyanwords]

[ mfar•shik ]

The mfarshik is a soul so serenely blessed their face, calm and luminous, bears the imprint of gratitude.

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[ gaal•lah - shin jaa•bik lil•mur - gaal - il•li - a•mir - minh ]

Their seemingly harmful choices often show they've already left behind deep suffering.

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[ ‘am•ti - bal•bu•la - yil•li - tas•maʿah - tgu•lah ]

They couldn’t keep a secret if their life depended on it.

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You don't control your form, but you choose your actions—paint them with kindness.

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[Libyan Tales @libyantales]

Various shots of a huge Italian ceremony to welcome King Vittorio-Emanuele III of #Italy to #Libya [1938].

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[ t’hal•hiz ]

T’halhiz is a no-nonsense command to “move aside!” It’s used when someone’s occupying space as if they own it.

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[Libyan Tales @libyantales]

Imuhagh (Tuareg) woman with her child – 1933

امرأة من الإيموهاغ (الطوارق) مع طفلها – 1933

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Tripoli, late 1911, during the Italian conquest: a Jewish family in the old city. (Source: Rol, photographic agency)

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[ al•zay•tu•nah - waqt - al•ha•jah - t’a•teek - bint - al•u•sool- waqt - al•shid•dah - ma - tkhal•leek ]

True value endures when adversity strikes.

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[Libyan Tales @libyantales]

A Libyan Bedouin sat with a rifle on his lap and a powder horn tucked into his belt. Taken in Amsterdam in 1905.

[Libyan Words @libyanwords]

Mutmallah describes that heart-wrenching state when your appearance broadcasts your inner turmoil to every passing stranger. Your clothing hangs in disarray as if you've barely escaped a brawl for supporting the wrong football team.