PHOTO OF THE MONTH - National Geographic

January 2013

PHOTO OF THE MONTH by George Steinmetz, from the February 2013 feature story "New Old Libya" Ghadames, Libya After decades of living under a dictatorship, Libyans are imagining their future. Here, Kasim Abdu Salaam Habib, 39, opens his lovingly decorated 600-year-old home to foreign tourists in Ghadames.

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