HANA-EL-GALLAL

"I'€™m highly optimistic for the future of my country: just look at Benghazi. Despite all of the weapons still in circulation, people are no longer killing each other. It'€™s important to look at where we'€™ve come from to realize how far we'€™ve come today. Forty years of dictatorship is a long time, and Libya has come a long way in terms of law enforcement and political awareness. Now isn'€™t the time to pass judgment on Libyan democracy, but that time will come."