The story of Gaddafi’s unique all-female bodyguard unit.
For the first time, his ‘eyes and ears’ reveal the truth about their lives, their leader and their country.
For the first time, his ‘eyes and ears’ reveal the truth about their lives, their leader and their country.
Known as the Amazons or Revolutionary Nuns, they were personally selected by Colonel Gaddafi for their beauty, strength and loyalty. They had unprecedented access to him in public and private. They were his eyes and ears. ‘Gaddafi’s Girls’ is told through five or six women’s stories from different generations, revealing a unique picture of Gaddafi’s Libya. Now imprisoned, in exile or on the run, facing an uncertain future, they will peel back the facade from the early days of the revolution to tell the darker tale of life inside a regime where the dream turned into a brutal nightmare.