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Eastern Libyan authorities have issued a ban forbidding women from traveling outside the country without a male guardian, sparking mockery.
The decision was issued Thursday by the Libyan Chief of Staff Abdel-Razek Al-Nadhouri, the military ruler of eastern Libya. He was appointed by army chief Khalifa Haftar who is allied with the internationally recognized Parliament.
Airport authorities said the decision has not been put into effect.
“It is ridiculous that in 2017 we discuss if it is OK for women under 60 years to travel without a guardian male who might be 20,” activist Imam Bugaighis tweeted.
One satirist made a song called “I can be your mahram baby,” a Libyan version of Enrique Iglesias’ “I can be your hero baby.” Mahram is a term that refers to a male guardian.
In a separate development, a convoy carrying Libya’s contested unity government chief, Fayez Al-Sarraj, and other top officials came under heavy gunfire Monday in Tripoli, but they survived unharmed, spokesmen for his administration said.
“The convoy of GNA (Government of National Accord) chief Fayez Al-Sarraj ... came under fire as it passed near the Abu Slim sector of Tripoli,” said spokesman Ashraf Al-Thulthi.
“All the cars were armored-plated, and there were no injuries,” he told AFP, adding an investigation was underway to identify the assailants.
Mohamed Salem, a spokesman for the supreme state council, said its head, Abdel Rahman Al-Swehli, was also in the convoy as well as presidential guards chief, Najmi Al-Nakou.
The convoy came under “intensive gunfire” in eastern Tripoli and two guards were wounded, according to Salem.
Libya has been submerged in chaos since the fall and slaying of longtime dictator Muammar Qaddafi in a NATO-backed 2011 armed uprising.
Sarraj’s fragile GNA, formed under a UN-backed deal signed in late 2015, has struggled to impose its authority, particularly in eastern Libya where a rival administration holds sway.

Source: Arab News

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