بيان صحفي Press Release - 9/22/2020
Biographies of the expert team
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Omar Turbi recognized for lobbying and credited for persuading the United States to take part in NATO operations during the February 17th, 2011 revolution. Served as an advisor to the National Transitional Council (NTC) during the first eights months of the revolution, and diligently provided humanitarian and assistance.
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He relentlessly lobbied the U.S and EU governments for intervention to save Libyan civilians, and remove the Qaddafi regime. He aggressively promoted the recognition of the interim National Transitional Council (NTC) as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.
Turbi is a distinguished Arab American, recognized for his support for democratic institutions and Arab causes in the U.S. He is a member of the National Advisory Board of American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee, (AADC), a Chairman Emeritus of the Arab American Republican Club. He served on the board of Trustees of the World Affairs Council of America. Turbi, is a prominent human rights activist with a keen interest in Libyan, Arab and western affairs. A founding member of the Libyan Human Rights Commission. The Commission gained prominence when It delivered the 1st ever, intervention speech in the history of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland in February, 1989. The Commission helped secure political asylum for hundreds of Libyans in Western Europe throughout the nineties.
Turbi promoted constructive engagement between the U.S and Libyan governments and delivered testimonies to the U.S Congress. He participated and helped arrange countless educational and exchange missions between United States institutions and Libya. He holds an engineering degree in power systems (BSEE) from the University of Wisconsin. His post graduate work is in business and international relations. He worked for IBM, and later Motorola. He became highly proficient in Six Sigma Quality Management Systems. He is a frequents commentator on CNNi, BBC, Al-Jazeera and other TV networks on Libya.
Bio in Arabic
Bio in Arabic
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Mohamed Eljarh
Researcher & Libya Analyst Mohamed Eljarh is a Libyan affairs specialist. He is the co-founder of Libya Outlook for Research and Consulting. Previously, he was a fellow with the Atlantic Council focusing on Libya, and he was Foreign Policy Magazine's Libya contributor 2014-2017. He published two book chapters and numerous Think Tank reports and policy briefs on post-Qaddafi Libya. Eljarh is a contributor to Fikra Forum.
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Ibrahim Hiba
Libya Analyst (Doctorate Candidate, Comparative Politics & International Relations - University of North Texas) Hiba is one of the foremost authority in the known historical Libya region of Fazzan. He contributed to over 70 live television programs on current Libya crisis. His focus is ethnic Peace and Ethnic conflict, with keen interest in Government Performance and Comparative Politics, and International Relations.
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(Middle East, North Africa, and Sub Saharan African Countries). Trans border ethnic peace and ethnic conflict, Regional conflict, Conflict management Democratization, Consociational Democracies, Political Stability, and The Quality of Government Performance), and Quantitative Research Methods.
Hiba’s publications include:
Ishiyama, John, Hiba, Ibrahim. “Rethinking the Relationship between Inclusive Institutions and Political Violence” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics: 2020.
Hiba, Ibrahim 2016. "Consociational Democracies, Political Stability and External Intervention." The Libyan Organization Of Public Policies & Strategies (LOOPS)
Hiba, Ibrahim. 2008. "The Political Rectification in the Arab Countries in the Shadow of the International Stage." Academy of Postgraduate Studies- Tripoli-Libya:1–222. Ibrahim Hiba is a member of American Political Science Association.
eMail: [email protected]
Ishiyama, John, Hiba, Ibrahim. “Rethinking the Relationship between Inclusive Institutions and Political Violence” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics: 2020.
Hiba, Ibrahim 2016. "Consociational Democracies, Political Stability and External Intervention." The Libyan Organization Of Public Policies & Strategies (LOOPS)
Hiba, Ibrahim. 2008. "The Political Rectification in the Arab Countries in the Shadow of the International Stage." Academy of Postgraduate Studies- Tripoli-Libya:1–222. Ibrahim Hiba is a member of American Political Science Association.
eMail: [email protected]
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Dr. Amin El-Huni, founding member of the Libyan Human Rights Commission. He served as director of Arab Affairs at Libyan Human Rights Commission from 1985 to 1999. Assisted hundreds of Libyans across Europe secure political asylum in Switzerland, Holland, the UK, Canada and Australia. Dr. El-Huni is a founding member of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya. He practices dentistry in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. El-Huni comes from a prominent Libyan family with deep roots the Right To Freedom of speech and Expression. Al-Haqiqa Newspaper was published in Benghazi a daily paper his family helped establish in the early 1950’s.
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The following two PDF documents are provided for convenience
Electoral Process - English only
Public Deliberative Process - The Arabic version
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