Have you heard of this name , or have you seen an " Omar Almokhtar film? " If you have not, do not worry here is a summary of Omar Almokhtar's life .
He had many nick names like The lion of desert , The master of heroes .
He had many nick names like The lion of desert , The master of heroes .
Fact File
Omar Al-mokhtar was born on the 20th of August 1861 in Janzour, in the east of Tobruk city in Libya. His mother's name was Eisha Ibnat Moharib.
He died on 16th of September 1931 where the fascist Italians execute him .
Early life :
Omar Almokhtar was an orphan , his father died when he was on his way to Mecca , in the meantime Omar was 16 years old , Omar had learnt Quran and became an Arabic and Quran teacher .
From a Teacher to a Leader :
When the Italian troops invaded Libya , Omar Al-mokhtar decided to start consultations with all the Libyan tribes in the east of Libya. Meanwhile Salem Bin Abdunnabi had started to collect Libyan resisters in the west part of Libya .
The Italian policy in Libya was to kill all Libyan people, or make them servants to the Italian settlers, and the Libyans lived in slums during the Italian imperialism .
Omar Al-mokhtar started defending Libyan people's rights to live in peace in their country and the only chance was to start fighting against the troops that had invaded Libya.
He changed his career, and he became the leader of Libyan fighters, as he knew this was important.
He won each time and became skilled in the strategies and tactics of desert warfare , the Italian army did every thing to prevent supplies arriving to him , they planted landmines everywhere in Libya. Most Libyan people were either shepherds or farmers , a lot of them died because of the landmines .
Furthermore, Italian troops deprived people of food in order to make them surrender , whereas in fact Omar Al-mokhtar believed in his people , and his people believed in him .
Italian troops captures Omar Al-mokhtar
It was a great happiness to the Italian troops when they captured the hero (Mokhtar), and they immediately decided to judge him , it was clear they wanted to dispose of him as soon as possible. After one day Mokhtar was in the court .
The Trial :
Omar Al-mokhtar was born on the 20th of August 1861 in Janzour, in the east of Tobruk city in Libya. His mother's name was Eisha Ibnat Moharib.
He died on 16th of September 1931 where the fascist Italians execute him .
Early life :
Omar Almokhtar was an orphan , his father died when he was on his way to Mecca , in the meantime Omar was 16 years old , Omar had learnt Quran and became an Arabic and Quran teacher .
From a Teacher to a Leader :
When the Italian troops invaded Libya , Omar Al-mokhtar decided to start consultations with all the Libyan tribes in the east of Libya. Meanwhile Salem Bin Abdunnabi had started to collect Libyan resisters in the west part of Libya .
The Italian policy in Libya was to kill all Libyan people, or make them servants to the Italian settlers, and the Libyans lived in slums during the Italian imperialism .
Omar Al-mokhtar started defending Libyan people's rights to live in peace in their country and the only chance was to start fighting against the troops that had invaded Libya.
He changed his career, and he became the leader of Libyan fighters, as he knew this was important.
He won each time and became skilled in the strategies and tactics of desert warfare , the Italian army did every thing to prevent supplies arriving to him , they planted landmines everywhere in Libya. Most Libyan people were either shepherds or farmers , a lot of them died because of the landmines .
Furthermore, Italian troops deprived people of food in order to make them surrender , whereas in fact Omar Al-mokhtar believed in his people , and his people believed in him .
Italian troops captures Omar Al-mokhtar
It was a great happiness to the Italian troops when they captured the hero (Mokhtar), and they immediately decided to judge him , it was clear they wanted to dispose of him as soon as possible. After one day Mokhtar was in the court .
The Trial :
They asked him a lot of questions, and he answered all the question with yes except for one question when the so-called judge asked him "were you responsible for killing the captives '', Mokhtar said "no , we do not kill the captives ", Mokhtar's defence lawyer said '' Mokhtar has not confessed to us as a legal government of his country , we therefore have to treat him as a war prisoner ", but their judge and jury did not accept that .
Mokhtar was hanged the next day.
Mokhtar was hanged the next day.
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