Quote of the day
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
Omar Mukhtar
Born: August 20, 1858
Died: September 16, 1931 (aged 73)
Bio: Omar Mukhtar, of the Mnifa, was born in the small village of Zanzour, near Tobruk in eastern Barqa in Libya. Beginning in 1912, he organized and, for nearly twenty years, led native resistance to Italian colonization of Libya.