we are family

Carlo Nicolai Photography, Ella Leach Graphic Design, Emma Parker Creator, Fokkelien Spaander Content Contributor - Tripoli, Gemma Holt Travel Writer, Jacky Baltissen Content Contributor - Tripoli, John & Candice Warren Photography, Kate Minogue Content Contributor - Tripoli, Melanie Wrigglesworth Content Contributor - Benghazi, Mike Wrigglesworth Content Contributor - Benghazi, Scott Johnson Web expertise, Tracey De Maria Copy Editor


Honourable mentions:

Amanda Harrison, Anna Searle, Bruce Weatherhead, Claire Burge, Colleen Flette, KhadijaTeri, Linda Weatherhead, Maysoon Lange, Natalie Bentolila, Neil Penney (Seven Zebras), Peter Preece, Phil Turner, Sharon Johnson, Tim Porter, Warren Parker,

Look Out Libya is a community website.  Drawing from the experiences of expats currently living and working in Libya, we aim not only to educate and inform those considering moving to Libya, but also to serve as an information sharing tool and provide networking opportunities for those already here.   Look Out Libya has been pulled together by an incredible and ever-growing team of which we’re incredibly proud.  Read about them below.

about us

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Carlo Nicolai

After several years in London and Aberdeen, Italian Carlo felt the call of the Mediterranean sun and moved to Libya in 2006. He would love to devote his time to painting and photography, but in real life he is a geoscientist, which means identifying where to drill for hydrocarbons by relying on foggy seismic data and questionable geological theories. He claims to have been a great footballer in his younger days and refuses to hang up his boots. For more about him and his photos view www.elicadesign.net



Ella Leach

Based in Sydney, Australia, Ella holds a Bachelor of Design (Graphic and Textile), and works as a Textile designer.  Ella is passionate about textile design and sleek, visually stimulating graphic design that is honest and informative.   When not working Ella enjoys screen printing, good coffee and gleaming inspiration from art and design literature. 





Emma Parker

It was New Ye
ars Eve 2004 that Emma and her husband spent their first night away from Australia.  It was the beginning of a love affair with London and all things British.  Making a narrow boat on Regents Canal her home, Emma spent four years afloat before trading in her sea legs for those of the desert wanderer.


Now living in Tripoli with her husband and son, Emma enjoys desert escapes, group sing-alongs and indulging in her family tradition of chocolate fondue on Friday nights.


Emma has a passion for languages.  She has studied Australian and British Sign Languages and speaks a very poor French, German and Arabic.  She also does a great English accent.  Just so you know.



Fokkelien Spaander

Having lived in the Netherlands, Australia and Nigeria, Fokkelien now calls Libya home, as it's almost two years since she, her husband and three sons came to live in Tripoli. As a family they enjoy visiting archaeological sites in and around town and eating double hotdogs or egg'n'cheese pancakes at O2.


Fokkelien's own favourite pastime is exploring Tripoli with friends, particularly the retail outlets! Running Look Out Libya with Emma, Jacky and Kate will keep her on her toes, providing the perfect excuse to check out the new shops and cafes which are springing up all over town.



Gemma Holt

Since trading her native Australia
for a backpack in 2008, Gemma Holt has covered more of the globe than others will in their lifetime.   Initially trekking through Southeast Asia and Mediterranean Europe, she has managed to fall in love with Italy, power adaptors, travel towels - and risk taking.


Now resident in the UK, Gemma teaches a lively classroom of 8 year olds in inner London, and when school's out, continues to travel abroad as much as possible. With degrees in arts and education, she loves good books, good wine and golden opportunities. And she never travels without a pen.



John and Candice Warren

Natives of Canada, John and Candice fell in love with photography and Africa while on a Kenyan safari in 2000.  Now residing in Libya, they are embracing the opportunity to further explore Africa with upcoming trips to Egypt, Tanzania (including a Mount Kilimanjaro climb), Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.  Never without their camera, John and Candice enjoy capturing the many images that Libya’s rich culture and history offer.




Kate Minogue

Kate once had a proper job as an editor at Oxford UP in England. Since then she has qualified as an English teacher and an exercise instructor and has lived in nine countries on three continents. Having no interest in either golf or bridge, she has engaged in a huge variety of other activities including guiding visitors around the Chartreuse distillery in France and teaching Scottish country dancing in Beijing. If she hadn’t come to Libya, she wouldn’t have played the good fairy in the panto – so it’s all been worthwhile!




Tracey De Maria

A good night in for Tracey is sitting in front of a computer screen tapping way at her, or someone else’s writings. A qualified mother of five, she has corrected more assignments, essays, resumes, stories and publications than she has cooked hot dinners…and she does plenty of those! She loves to write, whether it be plays, music or presentations. Being involved in Look Out Libya is an opportunity to be part of a quality project and to travel vicariously through this part of the world.