Above image: Shaykh Omar al-Mukhtar, aka. Lion of the Desert, born around 1860 in the village of Zawiyat Janfur, Libya, emerged as a symbol of resistance against Italian colonization as a respected teacher within the Senussi Sufi order. Shaykh Al-Mukhtar led and organized and led guerrilla warfare against the Italian forces. He famously said, “As for me, I will live…
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