Love, grief, life and death – all of these suddenly take on a whole new meaning when the place you call home is drawn into conflict and violence. In Libyan poet Nora M. Barghati’s world, the dark is turned into an act of cultural revival.

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A year after the end of the war/revolution, the walls of Libya have exploded with street art – from Benghazi to Tripoli and in between.

This photo essay is about the pride, pain, euphoria, optimism and sense of rebirth and anticipation of a better future in a post-revolution Benghazi.

As the battlefield fighting ended, artist Ali Al-Wakwak went out to collect rusty weapons and guns, transforming them to art about Libya’s revolution.