I’m searching for my missing family after Libya’s floods | Close Up
“At 3am I heard a sound, it was like the sound of an engine … I went outside and there was someone coming towards me, barefoot, holding a torch,” recounts Abubaker Almortadha al-Jazwi, as he describes the moment he realised something happened to his hometown of Derna, in eastern Libya. Abubaker Almortadha al-Jazwi was one of the lucky ones: Of Derna’s 10 geographic districts, just three survived the flooding and 20,000 people are now feared dead. Since then, the country has been divided between two rival governments: a UN-recognised administration in Tripoli, Libya’s capital in the west, and another in the disaster-stricken east, backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar. Credits Director: Shelby Ben Brahim Cinematographer: Abdelbasset Fitouri Editor: Shelby Ben Brahim Assistant Editor: Antonia Perello Colorist: Catherine Hallinan Producer: Antonia Perello Senior Editor: Donald Cameron Executive Producer: Tierney Bonini
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