Libya: On the sidelines of the war

Published April 9, 2011
An elderly Libyan woman who fled fighting weeps as she sits at the side of a street in Misrata. ? Photo by AFP
An elderly Libyan woman who fled fighting weeps as she sits at the side of a street in Misrata. ? Photo by AFP

How would you feel when there is a war going on in your front yard? Despair, eagerness, or patriotism? Well, Libyans’ eyes tell it all.

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