This article, from the New yorker, begins with a look into the life of Osama ben Sadik and his sons. Originally from Libya, Osama moved to Henry County, Virginia years ago and obtained US citizenship, but as the revolution began, with his sons in Benghazi with the rebels, he knew he needed to return.

“Since then, Osama had undergone a transformation. “Before I left Libya, there was nothing left for me here,” he said. “Now, when I see the sea, I smell a different air. I can see the sky, blue; I have never seen it so beautiful.” He said that his friends in Martinsville had appealed to him not to go to Libya. “I reminded them that Henry County was named after Patrick Henry—and remember what he said, ‘Give me liberty or give me death’? Well, that’s what we’re facing here. I’d like to see my country have some of the freedom that America has.” Osama’s eyes shone. “You know, my son Muhannad has showed me what it is to be a man. He woke me up.” On February 25th, a ship had evacuated American citizens to Malta. “I told him to go and join his mother in the States, but he said, ‘No, Dad, I must stay.’ He’s a great guy, a basketball player, you know. And a Boy Scout.” “

Read on to learn more about the history of revolution in Libya, its dearth of national heroes and what the ideology of the revolution is today.

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