The painful past
I have thought about writing this post for a while but always found an excuse not to. I do believe in signs though, so when I found “Lion of the Desert” being shown on an unlikely satellite channel I knew that it was time to bite the bullet. “Lion of the Desert” is a film about Omar Al Mukhtar, the teacher who led the rebellion in Eastern Libya against the Fascist occupation for 20 years before being captured and hanged aged 69. I had never watched this movie from start to finish, I can't; it is... Sign in to see full entry.