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Omar Mukhtar ‘Umar Al-Mukhtār (1862 - September 16, 1931 was from the tribe of Mnifa, born in a small village called Janzour located in the eastern part of Barqa- not to be confused with the city of western Libya called Janzour which is more well known. He was the leader of the resistance movement against the Italian military occupation of Libya for more than twenty years. In 1912, following the Italian capture of Libya from the Turks the previous year, Omar Mukhtar organized and devised strategies for the Libyan resistance against the Italian colonization.










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