A view to a rebellion

The luck of the rag-tag rebel forces in Eastern Libya has swung wildy since the uprising began in February. Revolutionaries seized the momentum early on to head west and liberate towns along the coast, only to be beaten back by forces loyal to Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi; NATO airstrikes  turned the tide again just as loyalists were preparing to lay seige to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. To document the rebellion and life in the newly-liberated east of the country, Executive made its way to North Africa last month, crossing the border of Western Egypt into Libya. Shops and restaurants had reopened, even if some had no running water with which to cook, while old men and young children alike were signing up to bolster the ranks of a rebel outfit increasingly beset by losses. From Tobruk to Benghazi, Ajdabya to Ras Lanuf, these photographs show a people desperate, yet full