Libyan filmmaker Mouayed Zabtia is fighting to revive his country's film industry — Mahmud TURKIA Mouayed Zabtia shoots most scenes for his latest movie in a studio he built at his Tripoli home. For ...

Libya's capital Tripoli was once home to a flourishing cinema scene. But the dictatorship by Muammar Gaddafi and the Libyan civil war led to the disappearance of all cinemas in the city. One filmmaker ...

Mouayed Zabtia shoots most scenes for his latest movie in a studio he built at his Tripoli home. For the filmmaker, it is one way to overcome the obstacles he faces in a country where cinema once ...

Libyan filmmaker Mouayed Zabtia is fighting to revive his country's film industry - Copyright AFP Mahmud TURKIA Libyan filmmaker Mouayed Zabtia is fighting to revive ...

Libyan filmmaker Mouayed Zabtia is fighting to revive his country's film industry Zabtia shoots most scenes for his latest film in a studio he built at his Tripoli home Mouayed Zabtia shoots most ...

Zabtia said the film is inspired by true events, including the estrangement from Libya of pioneering singer Ahmed Fakroun after Kadhafi cracked down on Western-influenced music. Today, Zabtia said, it ...