Free of Qaddafi’s Grip, Young Libyans in Benghazi Find a Voice
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Atem Shembesh says she rarely read newspapers before the Libyan rebellion began in February. Now, the 17-year-old high school student writes for one that she founded with two friends.
Berenice Post, an Arabic and English weekly, is one of more than 50 publications that have sprung up in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi since the uprising against Muammar Qaddafi. Young Libyans in this eastern city are taking advantage of newfound freedoms to churn out publications, sketch anti-Qaddafi caricatures and record revolutionary rap.