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By Gonzalo Royo (Gonzonestudio), Madrid, Spain Omar Al-Mukhtar, legendary Libyan and master of desert warfare, led the Senussi resistance to Italian colonization |
Sculpted by Sergey Savankov General Rodolfo Graziani, commander of Italian forces in Libya. |
The battle between Mukhtar and Graziani is depicted in the 1981 motion picture 'Lion of the Desert'. |