Ten years on, Libyan revolutionaries live with wounds and unfulfilled dreams

Malek Salem al-Mejae, who says he lost his leg in the 2011 revolution, takes a group photograph with his friends as he prepares for his wedding in Misrata, Libya February 4, 2021. Picture taken February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Ayman Al-Sahili

MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - As revolution swept their region in 2011, three young Libyans joined mass protests against Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule. They now live divided by Libya's frontlines, their futures irrevocably shaped by the uprising.

The first demonstrations against Gaddafi's rule began in the eastern city of Benghazi on Feb. 17, 2011. A decade on, Libya is still split between rival factions, and shell and shrapnel holes scar its cities.