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The Documentary Podcast

Young, Clever and Libyan

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.32.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Twenty three of Libya's finest technology graduates plan to rebuild their country

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The details of our complete range of podcasts and our terms of use,

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go to BBCworldservice.com slash podcasts. broadcasts. This is young, clever and Libyan.

0:34.7

In February 2011, the city of Benghazi in Libya was at the center of a revolution. 42 years of dictatorial power by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi

0:39.1

ended in an ignominious and violent death,

0:42.1

captured in a storm drain and killed by his former allies.

0:47.3

For the past four years, Libya has been in turmoil.

0:51.3

Rival factions have split the country. It's all a far cry from the early dreams

0:56.5

of those who, supported by a NATO bombing campaign, hoped to deliver democracy in Libya after Gaddafi had gone.

1:04.0

But there have been periods of optimism.

1:06.5

Last year, 23 of Libya's finest science and technology graduates

1:10.8

were selected to spend a year in Cambridge University in the UK.

1:15.0

We're going with our luggage to Cambridge Business School.

1:19.0

It's an ambitious project.

1:21.0

The plan is that these young people will acquire the skills to rebuild their country.

1:26.5

This is the story of the graduate's year in Cambridge and how the reality on the ground back home

1:31.8

raised big question marks about

1:33.8

whether their dream can ever be realized.

1:36.5

In the weeks leading up to their departure, some of them hold a get-together with friends.

1:45.0

These young Libyans have, in the past few years, endured difficult times.

1:50.0

Hassan is 24 and an electrical engineer.

1:54.0

We had an obligation.

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