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Life Arts    H3'ed 7/22/11

The Youth of Libya, Finally Free to Speak Out

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Young Libyan artists and musicians creating their first works under freedom:



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In Benghazi, the youngest volunteer traffic cops in the world:



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The "Boys of Benghazi" singing
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Young Libyans, most importantly, are also planting the first seeds of a free press and media, one of the core institutions that make governments and individuals accountable and the voiceless recordable:


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A young Libyan woman talks about the Libyan Revolution
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And here is the same young girl, for those of you who can't quite believe your eyes, shown in the second video above also leading a huge rally on stage in Benghazi. She is quite the phenomenon in the city now:




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These are just a few videos reflecting the ever-growing avalanche of cultural expression and transformation gushing forth from free Libya, with much more to come in the coming months.

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