The basic concept of the Culture Academy Libya dates back to 2012, shaped by other projects implemented in Egypt and Tunisia between 2012 and 2017 to rehabilitate and network between private and state ...

Libyan authorities have clamped down on rap music for violating "moral rules." Artists fear a return to cultural repression, ...

From now on, rap musicians in the East have to obtain permission from the Benghazi-based Interior Ministry, whereas artists in the West have to get this from the Tripoli-based Culture Ministry.

“In Tripoli, people have been much more engaged with culture again in the last few months,” says the founder of an NGO and former participant of “Cultural Academy Libya” in 2017. “This is a terrific ...