Ahmed Almegaryaf’s father was a Libyan political dissident opposed to Moammar Gadhafi. The elder Almegaryaf was kidnapped in Egypt in 1990, and is thought to have been held in a prison in Libya ever since. His children last heard from their father in a letter in 1993. The Takeaway spoke to Ahmed’s brother, Bashir in August after Tripoli fell to the rebels. Ahmed reacts to the reported death of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, and shares his hopes for a new Libya.
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