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hommedessept · 2 years ago
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postcard-from-the-past · 1 year ago
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Camels by Fezzan, Libya
French vintage postcard with stamps of the Fezzan-Ghadames Military Territory
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gwynbleidd892 · 6 months ago
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Whay I found while looking around is that, "Buildings in the Ghadamsi style feature stone foundations, adobe walls, roofs that are made out of palm trunks baked in adobe mortar, and vaults with gypsum or spongy stone arches."
I got that from this article
https://www.baytalfann.com/post/the-rich-heritage-of-ghademes#:~:text=Buildings%20in%20the%20Ghadamsi%20style,gypsum%20or%20spongy%20stone%20arches.
There is actually a lot of articles and papers about /photos of this city! It is really lovely!
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Inside a Libyan house in Ghadames (photographer and date not given). Ghadames is a large oasis town in the region of Tripolitania, northern western part of Libya. It is commonly referred to as the 'pearl of the desert'.
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afrotumble · 10 months ago
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panafrocore · 10 days ago
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The Old Town of Ghadames, also known as the "Jewel of the Desert"
The Old Town of Ghadames, also known as the “Jewel of the Desert,” is a fascinating part of the modern city of Ghadames in Libya. This remarkable oasis town has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986, and it’s easy to see why! Ghadames is like a mini-city made up of seven neighborhoods, each with its own distinctive public spaces, all interconnected to form one cohesive…
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tearsofrefugees · 6 months ago
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philophilophilophilo · 10 months ago
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khanger91 · 1 month ago
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Shot by Eric Lafforgue in Tripolitania, Ghadames in Libya 2007
@rhubarbspring @jehadism
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friendswithclay · 1 year ago
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“A Berber house inside the old walls of the mud city in the Oasis of Ghadames, Libya”
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scotianostra · 26 days ago
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The explorer Gordon Laing was born on December 27th 1794 in Edinburgh.
While some Scottish explorers' exploits are engraved on the national psyche, such as David Livingstone and Mungo Park, others like Alexander Gordon Laing have long since slipped into near obscurity. Yet he achieved that most coveted of prizes, Laing managed from here to Timbuktu located in the West African nation of Mali on the southern edge of Sahara Desert.
Gordon Laing, as he became known, was the son of school professor William Laing who initially educated his son personally. Alexander joined the military and rose through ranks, being part of York Light Infantry Volunteers since 1811, 2nd West India Regiment since 1815 and Royal African Colonial Corps since 1822 where he reached the rank of Captain. During those years he managed to visit much of Africa where he took part in several armed conflicts against slavers. HAs well as the military campaigns Laing had an interest in geography, managing to find and map the source of river Rokel and relatively precisely ascertain the source of river Niger. In 1824 he was promoted to the Africa-only rank of Major, which he carried during many months of Ashanti War in the modern day Ghana.
In 1825 he managed to secure the permission for finding the source of river Niger and finding the route to the city of Timbuktu. His journey came with the blessing of the Famous British explorer Joseph Banks, and Henry, 3rd Earl Bathurst who then commanded the British colonies in the Africa.
Laing was instructed to explore the hydrography of the Niger basin. His journey began on 16 July 1825, two days after he married Emma Warrington, daughter of the British consul in Tripoli. He travelled across the Sahara, reached the settlements of Ghadames and In Salah. During the last leg of the journey across desert of Tanezrouft his party became attacked by the group of Tuareg raiders, during which he wrote that he received over 20 wounds. In the end, he managed to reach city of Timbuktu on August 18th 1826, barely alive and with only one hand. He never left the city even though he planned to return home according to his letters. Modern historians presume he was murdered on the night of 26th September.
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sabinerondissime · 1 year ago
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Ghadames, Libya
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cosmicanger · 8 months ago
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Inside a Libyan house in Ghadames (photographer and date not given). Ghadames is a large oasis town in the region of Tripolitania, northern western part of Libya. It is commonly referred to as the 'pearl of the desert'.
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ghelgheli · 11 months ago
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hadn't known him to post a remix like this before
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workoutandlovelife · 1 year ago
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Details inside of an old house in Ghadames, Libya
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hakem0 · 1 year ago
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Astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi :
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#Tripoli, the capital of #Libya🇱🇾🤍
Saluting all Libyans, from the heart of the desert to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and from Jabal Al Akdhar to Ghadames. Libya is a land of Arab and cultural diversity, where every city tells the legacy of civilizations from millennia ago.
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as-is-above-so-below · 1 year ago
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im not gonna ask anything but— every single day, when I wake up, I open up my phone and see if there's any cardigan updates 😭 I love how you wrote the story so well on part 1! You made me fall in love with Price. LOL, I never once gave any attention to him before, but ghadam, your writing is so amazing, It's like you perfectly depicted him, haha. Patiently waiting for part 2 💙💙🩵🩵🩷🩷
AWWWW THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Messages like yours really make my day and make me want to keep writing 🥹
I absolutely plan on continuing Cardigan! I’m dealing with a lot personally at the moment, so writing has taken somewhat of a backseat, but don’t lose faith! I appreciate your patience 🫶🏼
I’m also always willing to take asks/prompts for any of my works! I can’t promise I’ll use them, as it depends on whether it fits the characters and narrative, but good prompts always get the juices flowing
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