Lindsey Hilsum
Sheikh Tamim, 33, takes over in world’s richest country
The truth of the matter is that the Qatari succession is opaque, and no-one outside the royal family has a clear idea of what this transition means.
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Lindsey Hilsum
Sandstorm update – the links between Mali and Libya
I’ve updated my book Sandstorm with an epilogue, taking into account the killing of the US ambassador and other events in Libya. I also write on Mali, showing the links between events in the two countries.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Gaddafi: one year on
A year after Gadaffi’s capture and death, International Editor Lindsey Hilsum looks at the legacy of his rule and the prospects for the country since his demise.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Libya and the organised chaos of the mobs
Across the Middle East, we’re witnessing an outburst of anti-American feeling. Extremists seem to be using the mobs outraged by the film as a smokescreen for planned attacks.
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Matt Frei
Too unbelievable for Hollywood?
A bad film causing anti-American riots, a murdered ambassador, presidential elections. If a screenwriter pitched a movie featuring the events of the past week it would be rejected, writes Matt Frei.
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Matt Frei
America struggles with the new global realities
The situation is tragic, messy, ironic and dangerous. And everyone is fumbling to find the right response to the killing of the US Ambassador to Libya.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Will Libyans heed the warning of the ambassador’s murder?
How will Libya respond to hardline Islamic militancy? Last month the government failed to intervene when Sufi shrines were attacked. Now the US ambassador has been murdered.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Sufi saints and roundheads
I don’t suppose the men who attacked the Al Sha’ab shrine in Tripoli with jackhammers and a bulldozer on Saturday have heard of William Dowsing, writes Lindsey Hilsum.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Gaddafi, Mali and the Tuaregs: The law of unintended consequences
Lindsey Hilsum on the links between the conflict in Mali and the demise of Colonel Gaddafi in Libya.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Libyans vote in hope of different future
For Wanise Elisawi this was a special day. Incarcerated for 19 years in Abu Salim, Gaddafi’s most notorious gaol, an eye-witness to the 1996 massacre in which 1,270 men were killed, he was on the brink of tears as he cast his ballot, writes Lindsey Hilsum.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Federalism in Libya
“Interestingly, some westerners also want the east to have more power, because the region is solidly anti-Gaddafi, whereas in the west there’s still some residual support for the late Brother Leader.”
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Lindsey Hilsum
Militias threaten Libya’s post-elections future
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on how the militias who helped overthrow Gaddafi, are now terrorising Libya’s people.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Competing for attention – the final chapter on my book tour
By the end of my US book tour, I saw myself as a tiny point of light gradually being extinguished, writes International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Democracy overnight in Libya? You’re dreaming
Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on prospects for democracy in Libya.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Thoughtful radio in rude health Stateside
The rightwing radio “shock-jocks” grab all the attention, but as I travel round America, I’m finding out how many intelligent, curious radio hosts there are.