
Among Libyans in Phila. area, a muted, though joyful response
"I have been monitoring and following Libya all my life," said Osama Al-Qasem, 56, who left the country as a child and lives in Holland, Bucks County. "My father was a lawyer. Life was very pleasant until Gadhafi came to power." Although Al-Qasem was just 12 when he left for boarding school in England, he recalls how the promise of the 1969 coup that began Gadhafi's reign quickly soured.