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Libya: Former Exiles Chafe Over Surge of Salafism

Muammar Gaddafi’s ouster last year triggered the return of thousands of Libyan exiles and their children. But for the women, life in the North African state is often unfamiliar.

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Before last year, Naziha Arebi hardly knew her Libyan family. The 28-year-old filmmaker was born in the genteel English seaside town of Hastings to a Libyan father and British mother.

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