{"pk":20737,"title":"Re-Centering Libya’s History: Mediterranean Bulwark, Defender of Africa, or Bridge between Continents?","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses Libya’s geo-historical identity from the Italian colonial period until the end of the Qaddafi regime. It specifically looks at characterizations of the country as Mediterranean or African in the different periods. By examining the historiographic discourse in Italian and Arabic as well as the political aesthetics and symbolisms connected with the colonial and the Qaddafi regime, respectively, the article shows how varying characterizations were linked to geo-political agendas. Finally, it presents a third characterization: that of Libya as a connecting link between regions and continents, which has become prominent in more recent times.\n \n \n \nيناقش هذا البحث الهوية الجغرافية التاريخية الليبية بدءاً بالإحتلال الإيطالي حتى فترة نهاية حكم القذافي. وتختص الدراسة بالنظر إلى خصائص ليبيا كدولة أفريقية وشرق أوسطية في فترات زمنية مختلفة. بعد تفحيص سياق التأريخ بالإيطالية والعربية، بالإضافة إلى الجماليات السياسية والرمزية المرتبطة بعهدي الإحتلال والقذافي على التوالي، فإن الدراسة تظهر أنً خصائص مختلفة ترتبط بأجندات سياسية-جغرافية. وتقدم هذه الدراسة .خاصية ثالثة: ليبيا أصبحت حديثا حلقة وصل بين مناطق وقارات بصورة واضحة","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/83d8w5v5","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Jakob","middle_name":"","last_name":"Krais","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2021-01-27T21:31:22Z","date_accepted":"2021-01-27T21:31:22Z","date_published":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/lamma/article/20737/galley/10503/download/"}]}