Bullied for being a Bedouin, he was proud of his identity and encouraged pride in other Bedouin children. From Sirte, he and his family moved to the market town of Sabha in Fezzan, south-central Libya, where his father worked as a caretaker for a tribal leader while Muammar attended secondary school, something neither parent had done.
How did Gaddafi deal with peer pressure regarding his cultural background?
Bullied for being a Bedouin, he was proud of his identity and encouraged pride in other Bedouin children.