Khalifah Mustafa

He died at 63 of age, a Friday morning of 22 November 2008, after struggling with cancer.

In Tripoli, during his high school studies, he taught in an elementary school while also studying history at University of Libya in 1967. Mustafa worked at the university in the same year he graduated, and won a prize for teaching history at the university. He moved from teaching into journalism; in a literature newspaper was issued in the 70s called "Cultural week" (original title: Al-Usbu Al-Thaqafi). as he worked as a reporter in London for aljehad magazine, he started studying in London, which lead him to gain more skills in literature for studying English and western literature.

His first published short story he wrote, in a Libyan radio magazine, in 1967. He continued contributing to write more literature. He also wrote about the society and people's concerns, regarding to his nation; that lead him to write "tales of the western street" (original title: Hikayat Al-Shar’i Al-Gharbi). He lived in a difficult time; colonialism, and war was happening to his nation. Some of his work was influenced by the devastation, most of his novels were about historical events, "A Rose’s Wound" (original title: Jurh Al-Wardah), and "A Stars Night" (original title: Layali Najmah) was published in local and Arabian newspaper.

Khalifa Mustafa was born in Tripoli in 1944, and lived in west street. He belonged to the post-independence generation of writers. Also, he was one of the founders of the Libyan novel, and the main contributor to its development.