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In conflict-torn Libya, artist's family turns home into museum

A seemingly ordinary villa in the Libyan capital Tripoli holds a lifetime of works by the late Libyan artist Ali Gana, whose family has turned his house into a unique museum. © Mahmud Turkia / AFP

Tripoli (AFP) – A seemingly ordinary villa in the heart of Tripoli holds a lifetime of works by the late Libyan artist Ali Gana, whose family has turned his house into a unique museum.

In the North African country still grappling with divisions and conflict after the fall of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, "art comes last", said Hadia Gana, the youngest of the artist's four children.

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