Shaimaa Abul Hajj

Shaimaa Abul Hajj is a Libyan writer, editor, translator and human rights activist who has been working for more than nine years for news agencies, magazines and non-governmental organisations across the Middle East and North Africa.

Articles by this author (3)

14 October 2013

Human rights

Racism and revolution: the plight of Black Africans in Libya

The situation facing sub-Saharan Africans in the ’New Libya’ is a complete disgrace.Read the full article

Libyan women: liberated but not yet free

15 July 2013

Politics & economy

Libyan women: liberated but not yet free

Libya’s civil war may have ended but the battle for gender equality continuesRead the full article

20 June 2013

Politics & economy

The scourge of youth unemployment in Libya

The deteriorating economic situation in a country that literally floats on a sea of oil is probably Libya’s greatest [...]Read the full article

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