Ghadames, Libya. Kasim Abdu Salaam Habib, 39, opens his lovingly decorated 600-year-old home to foreign tourists in Ghadames. The house needs repairs, and visitors are scarce these days. But Habib is optimistic. “I want to see Libya as a democracy,” he says. Photo by George Steinmetz “For decades Libyans lived under a dictator who twisted their past. Now they must imagine their future.” - New Old Libya, published in February 2013 issue of National Geographic. (via leastofthese)
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Ghadames, Libya.

Kasim Abdu Salaam Habib, 39, opens his lovingly decorated 600-year-old home to foreign tourists in Ghadames. The house needs repairs, and visitors are scarce these days. But Habib is optimistic. “I want to see Libya as a democracy,” he says.

Photo by George Steinmetz

“For decades Libyans lived under a dictator who twisted their past. Now they must imagine their future.” - New Old Libya, published in February 2013 issue of National Geographic.

(via leastofthese)

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