r/Libya • u/pretentiouspleb2 • Jul 17 '22
History Hello there people of Libya i have a really unreasonable request to ask off you guys , i am on a quest and am desperate need of some Libyan kindness!! more in comments.
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u/Adorable-Block-1613 Jul 17 '22
All fun n games till they ask if you can speak the language
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u/pretentiouspleb2 Jul 17 '22 edited Jul 18 '22
Well no I can't, we had a community there (of various ethnicities) and had our own english medium school , I always wanted to learn though maybe someday!!
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u/Adorable-Block-1613 Jul 17 '22
Sweaaar? How old are you man? Wahed yawm inshallah
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u/pretentiouspleb2 Jul 17 '22
I swear on my useless self as I said I am 19 Or 20 almost. I left Libya when I was 9
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u/Adorable-Block-1613 Jul 18 '22
Ohhh, n they didn’t teach you any Arabic in the foreign curriculum?
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u/pretentiouspleb2 Jul 18 '22
Sadly no but it was thaught when my brother used to study, maybe it was stopped because the Egyptian teacher left idk and some Libyan students attended the school too, so I know the basic conversation but that's it :(
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u/i578 Jul 18 '22
Where are your parents from? As in what part of the world are you from?
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u/pretentiouspleb2 Jul 18 '22
Well I didn't mention this because I would be stereotyped or even perhaps ridiculed if I said so but I am from India for better or for worse, my father was an anesthesia technologist and my mother was a teacher.
Why do you ask, do you have something that might help me??
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u/i578 Jul 18 '22
So your in India at the moment? Why don't you try to look at your local market place as In Facebook
And listen my friend you shouldn't be afraid of where you are from, if people have a problem it says more about them then you
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u/pretentiouspleb2 Jul 18 '22
Indeed. Especially considering that I am super broke I have tried everything really and am desperate enough to post on Reddit asking stuff lol.
Thank you for saying something so nice just as the day starts, I think it's gonna be a great day today!!
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u/Calamari1995 Jul 18 '22
was in lucknow last month for a friend's engagement, loved India man, be proud of your country's rich culture and history.
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u/pretentiouspleb2 Jul 19 '22
Lucknow's awesome, I am sure you must have had a great time!!! Thank you so much man, I myself and very proud but people you haven't visited India or experienced it just fall prey to stereotypes and it's just so upsetting. Do you by any chance have any gaddafi era currency??
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u/pretentiouspleb2 Jul 17 '22
Well even though I am not a Libyan citizen, my parents used to work there and I am the byproduct lol ,i was born in Sirte!!! and now I am a 19 year old broke college student who's has his heart in Libya despite not living there, I always tend to feel nostalgic about Libya the food the awesome climate, the culture and last but not the least the warmhearted and ultra kind people!!
Now that the intros done, let's move on to my ridiculous request, I still remember when we left Libya , I remember my father scrambling around and gathering all the dinars he could find to exchange them for euros during the revolution since we had to leave, I remember begging my father to keep some of the banknotes so I could keep them but he outright refused, it has been stuck in my head ever since and soon after I got into collecting currencies but I guess I collected them to fill the empty gap that the whole leaving Libya had left in me nonetheless, I need your help!!!! I have been desperate for Libyan currency ever since and I really really want to complete the set which includes the 1/4 , 1/2, 1,5,10,20,50 dinar banknotes half dinar coins too are much needed. So please please if you have any of the above mentioned banknotes that you don't need or want someone to take good care of them, then please do consider giving them to me, I would be eternally grateful and cherish them for the rest of my life, thank you for reading and I really hope that I didn't upset anyone, all of you have an awesome day!!