Saif al-Islam Qaddafi
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Saif al-Islam Qaddafi (Arabic سيف الإسلام القذافي, meaning of name in Arabic: "the sword of Islam") is a son of Muammar al-Qaddafi, leader of Libya. A painter, he graduated from IMADEC University and from the London School of Economics. Today he heads up the official charity, the Gaddafi International Foundation for Charity Associations, which has intervened in various hostage situations involving Islamic militants.
Saif also performs in public relations and diplomatic roles for his father. He has been mentioned as a possible successor, though he has denied this, claiming that Libya's future lies in direct democracy.
On December 10, 2004, shortly before a trip by Canadian prime minister Paul Martin to Tripoli, Qaddafi requested in an interview with The Globe and Mail a formal apology from the Canadian government, for joining U.S.-led sanctions against Libya after the Lockerbie bombing, and for denying him a student visa to study in Canada in 1997. His request was met with incredulity in Canada, and the Canadian government announced that no apology would be forthcoming.
Qaddafi also introduced the Seif Islam Qaddafi proposal for peace for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict between the Palestinians and Israel based on the creation of a binational solution.
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi has been romantically linked to the Israeli actress Orly Weinerman.
- See also the "Isratine" proposal
