A 4K restoration of the 1981 film “Lion of the Desert” is to premiere at the Cairo Film Festival this week. Telling the story of Benito Mussolini’s attempt to defeat the Libyan rebellion against ...
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The grandson of Omar al-Mukhtar, the "Lion of the Desert" who led his warriors against Italian colonial rule and was executed in 1931, says his illustrious forebear would ...