Libyan chef Monira Zwait, prepares a coucous in the kitchen of her restaurant in Tripoli, on March 8, 2023. In 2020 Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, jointly inscribed the dish on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage. Conflict-scarred Libya missed out as it remains mired in political crisis, its couscous tradition still unrecognised by UNESCO as the country is yet to ratify the UN's cultural heritage convention, an omission that some seek to remedy. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP)
تسعى ليبيا إلى أن تثبت أن طبق الكُسكُس الذي يشتهر به المغرب العربي والمعروف محلياً بـ"الكسكسي"، يعنيها بقدر ما يعني جيرانها المغرب والجزائر وتونس، إذ يطمح الليبيون إلى تقدير دولي لتراثهم المطبخيّ…