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The Life and Legacy of Muammar Gaddafi: A Revolutionary Turned Tyrant
Muammar Gaddafi, a prominent figure of 20th-century politics, was born Muhammad Abu Mina Al Gaddafi, likely in 1941. He emerged from humble beginnings, having been born into a Bedouin family in Libya's rural west. His father, a subsistence herder, and his mother belonged to impoverished Arab communities, shaping Gaddafi's later ideologies rooted in nationalism and anti-colonial sentiment.