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- ↑ "Polygamy in Libya — and beyond". Salon.com. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ "Libya's Women Activists Outraged by Court Ruling on Wives". VOA. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ Libya, The Public Utility for Information, 2006 census, p.59.
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