Essam Elkorghli, Ph.D. candidate Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, has co-authored an article in the Labor History Journal.
Elkorghli, along with Matteo Capasso, published on the role of Egyptian teachers in Libya and their defining role in delineating the meaning of liberation in post-independence Libya.
Their research shows the power of education, educators, and textbooks in shaping a society in a region rife with geopolitical tensions proliferated by imperialism and neocolonialism.
The article draws on Libyan archival materials from the 1950s to the 1980s (Vanguard, a labor newspaper from the 1950s to the 1960s; Ministry of Education correspondence; and Zahaf al-Akhdar newspaper). It highlights the people’s struggle for national development and sovereignty, culminating in the 1969 revolution that ended the monarchy and pursued African Socialist principles, including non-alignment, anti-imperialism, and South–South cooperation.
Read the article here.
