So almost two years since the guns fell silent following the last major battle on the edges of the capital, the opening of a skatepark in Tripoli generated a lot of attention. For young Libyan skateboarders, interest in the sport reflects a yearning for normality, to be like other nations and other young people. For Make Life Skate Life, the "overall goal" of the skatepark is "to create a safe community space / © AFPAbderraouf said such a project would have been "unimaginable" until recently. For Make Life Skate Life, the "overall goal" of the skatepark is "to create a safe community space where people from different backgrounds can come together and positively interact in a playful way", the organisation said. "People are skateboarding but also people come here to hang out, exchange ideas, have conversation, meet new people," he said.

Source: Libya Today May 31, 2022 04:27 UTC