Libyan authorities have clamped down on rap music for violating "moral rules." Artists fear a return to cultural repression, ...

From now on, rap musicians in the East have to obtain permission from the Benghazi-based Interior Ministry, whereas artists in the West have to get this from the Tripoli-based Culture Ministry.

Libya’s Amazigh community faced systemic discrimination under the rule of the late President Muammar Gaddafi. The regime’s strict Arabization policies banned the use of the Amazigh language in ...