Libyan Americans ( ar, الليبيون الأمريكيون) are

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citizens of

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

n descent or Libyan citizens who also have United States (US) citizenship. Most Libyan Americans speak

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and

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. According to the 2000 Census there were 2,979 Americans who claimed Libyan ancestry. Some Libyan American associations are the Libyan American Organization, Libyan American Friendship Association (LAFA), Libyan American Association in Southern California and Libyan American Association of Georgia. The Libyan American Organization have as goal the Libya defense, promote political awareness among its members and integrate to all community in the association. In addition, the organization wants to improve education, health care and infrastructure of Libya. The association hopes to have the community support in order to "rebuilding our beloved country". Libyan American Friendship Association (LAFA) have as goal promote friendship between the Libyan and U.S., making dialogue the two peoples by holding international meetings and symposia, for the creation of programs and projects that help both peoples to establish ties. The organization celebrates coordinate visits between institutions of "economic, social, scientific and national / civil joint".

Notable people

* Saddeka Arebi (d. 2007), social anthropologist, author *

Don Coscarelli Don Coscarelli Jr. (born February 17, 1954) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born to Italian settlers in Libya, he is best known for his work in horror films. His directing credits include the first four films in the ' ...

(b. 1954), film director, producer, screenwriter * Sadeg Faris, engineer, entrepreneur * Fadwa El Gallal, journalist *

Mohamed Hrezi Mohamed Fuad "Mo" Hrezi (born 28 October 1991) is a Libyan-American marathon runner. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the marathon and finished in 77th place with a time of 2:21:17. He was the flag bearer for Libya at the Parade of Na ...

(b. 1991), marathon runner *

Khaled Mattawa Khaled Mattawa (born 1964) is a Libyan poet, and a renowned Arab-American writer, he is also a leading literary translator, focusing on translating Arabic poetry into English. He works as an Assistant professor of creative writing at the Univers ...

(b. 1964), poet * Esam Omeish (b. 1967), surgeon * Noor Tagouri (b. 1993), journalist, activist, motivational speaker *

Khalifa Haftar Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar ( ar, خليفة بلقاسم حفتر, Ḵalīfa Bilqāsim Ḥaftar; born 7 November 1943) is a Libyan-American politician, military officer, and the commander of the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army (LN ...

(b. 1943), general, commander of the Libyan National Army

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The American-Libyan Council

Libyan American Organization
{{African immigration to the United States North Africans in the United States * Arab American American

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