2011, Omar Mukhtar again became a symbol for a united, free Libya and his picture was depicted on various flags and posters of the anti-Gaddafist forces. Rebel militias named one of their brigades the "Omar Mukhtar brigade" after him. A school is named after Mukhtar in Irbid, Jordan A masjid is named after Mukhtar in Tampa, Florida, USA, known as Masjid Omar Al Mokhtar. Streets are named after Mukhtar in: Kuwait City, Kuwait (Omar Al-Mukhtar street) Gaza City (Omar Mukhtar Street) Cairo, Egypt (Omar Al Mukhtar Street) West Bay area of Doha, Qatar (Omar Al Mukhtar Street) Bizerte, Tunisia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Omar Al Mukhtar Road) Irbid, Jordan Tangier, Morocco (Avenue Omar Mokhtar) Gallery See also Omar the North African lion Senussi We Will Not Surrender (We Win or We Die), protest song during the 2011 Libyan Civil War based on one of Mukhtar's speech. References External links Italian occupation and resistance Secret proceedings in the Benghazi trial Why Libya Commemorates the 'Black Day' Libyan lion 1858 births 1931 deaths Executed revolutionaries Guerrilla warfare theorists Italian Libya Libyan educators Libyan rebels Libyan resistance leaders Libyan revolutionaries Libyan Sunni Muslims Executed Libyan people People executed by Italy by hanging Italy–Libya relations Libyan independence activists Anti-fascists