It has been awhile since Libya was freed from Gaddafi's control. At the time I knew what was going on, but I did not REALLY know what was going on. All I knew was that Gaddafi was oppressive and that Libya was fighting for it's freedom. This article, or this series of pictures I guess, has shed some light on exactly what Gaddafi did to oppress the Libyan people. There are pictures of people cycling, boxing, painting, sitting and having coffee and doing other leisurely activities that were all banned before Gaddafi's fall. Boxing was banned for the reason that Gaddafi (who was quite violent himself) deemed it too violent. A boxing champion got his hands smashed by a hammer after the anti-boxing law was passed. He has now opened a successful boxing studio. There are pictures of people cycling, which was deemed to "elitist" by Gaddafi. Pictures of people repainting store fronts with colors other than black, red, and green (the colors of the Libyan flag). Pictures of people sitting and having coffee outside a shop that has letters in a non-arabic language, which was previously outlawed. People there are enjoying their new freedom, and there seems to be a lot of hope for the future. There is a special amount of interest in the new political parties that are forming there.
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