Libya: a few useful facts

Surprisingly, Libya’s capital has a Shari’a Haiti (Hait St.). The reason for this is that it was thanks to the Haitian delegate’s vote that the UN decided to give Libya its independence in 1951. Most cities also have a Shari’a al Fatih, a 1st of September St., this being the day in 1969 that a group of young army officers overthrew the Sanusi Kingdom of Libya.

And finally, the Libyan year is neither Islamic (starting with the Prophet Mohamed’s migration or hijra from Mecca to Medina) nor, of course Christian. The Libyan calendar starts from in 570, year of the Prophet’s birth.