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DESCRIPTION:The Arab Spring is one of the most fascinating episodes in recent history.  
 It led to the unthinkable: the downfall of longstanding autocratic regimes 
 in the region, including the end of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s rule in 
 Libya.  Lindsey Hilsum, who has reported extensively on crisis and conflict 
 the world over, offers the first on-the-ground account of the revolt, its 
 aftermath; and explores what’s to come in SANDSTORM: Libya in the Time of 
 Revolution.\n \nIn February 2011, Hilsum was reporting from Libya within a 
 week of the uprising and remained there to see the defeat of Colonel 
 Gadaffi nine months later.  She visited the frontline every day, getting 
 shelled and mortared alongside the rebels. In Tripoli, she found herself 
 pinned down under small arms fire as she tried to enter the city with the 
 rebels. The day after Colonel Gadaffi was killed, Hilsum went to see the 
 men who had captured him, and was able to hold the satellite phone on which 
 the dictator made his last defiant broadcasts, the amulet he had with him 
 for luck, and the engraved golden pistol he carried with him to the end. \n 
 \nBut, as Hilsum explains, maybe the most remarkable experience was 
 listening to what Libyans shared about their lives. They had been silent 
 for forty-two years and now couldn’t stop talking, and Hilsum was amongst 
 the first to hear their stories.  SANDSTORM reveals the stories of Libyans 
 returning home from the Unites States and Europe to risk everything by 
 providing secret intelligence, or to commit daring acts of civil 
 disobedience to help topple the regime, even knowing the punishment if 
 caught would be torture and death.  We see the dynamics of the insurrection 
 both from inside the regime and through the astonishing stories of the men 
 and women who found themselves starting a revolution.  Woven into 
 Hilsum’s account is a revelatory exposé on the dysfunctional Gaddafi 
 family, the scale of whose excesses almost surpasses belief.  \n \nIn a 
 year replete with extraordinary changes, the fall of Gaddafi is among the 
 most fascinating stories of them all.  In Lindsey Hilsum, it has found its 
 definitive chronicler.\n\nLindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News (UK) 
 International Editor. In addition to reporting from Libya, she also 
 reported the "Arab Spring" from Egypt and Bahrain; from Belgrade in 1999 
 when NATO bombed Serbia, from Baghdad during the 2003 US invasion, and 
 covered the Fallujah assault in November 2004. Her reports from Africa, the 
 Middle East and Russia have earned her several awards. From 2006-8 she was 
 the Channel 4 News China Correspondent, based in Beijing. In 1994, she was 
 the only English-speaking journalist in Rwanda when the genocide 
 started.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/03/18714639.php
SUMMARY:UK journalist Lindsey Hilsum on Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution
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