What two decades of Gulf–Libya trade taught me
From a small auto-parts shop in Benghazi to founding a trading company in the UAE in 2008: what years of moving goods between the Gulf and Libya teach about trust, logistics and staying the course.
Essays in Ahmed Gadalla's own words on trade between the Gulf and Libya, local industry, and lifelong learning.
Drafts
Essays
All three essays are drafts awaiting Ahmed Gadalla's approval.
Local industry is national security: steel, cement and food
Why a country that makes its own steel, cement and food is harder to shake, and why building factories in Libya is about jobs, skills and resilience as much as output.
Why I went back to school at 40+
A strategy diploma in 2021–22, Chartered Management Institute membership, an MBA in 2025 and now doctoral-level study: why formal learning still matters after years in business.
About these essays
Reflections, not news
These pieces are written in the first person by Ahmed Gadalla and published here on his official website. Each appears in Arabic and English. They are reflections rather than news: for current updates on projects in Libya, see ahmedgadalla.com/news, and for group announcements, alushibenews.com.
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