muammar gaddafi transformed libya into a cultural center
according to hinnebusch the foundations of gaddafis personal charismatic authority in libya stemmed from the blessing he had received from nasser coupled with nationalist achievements such as the expulsion of foreign military bases the extraction of higher prices for libyan oil and his vocal support for the palestinian and other antiimperialist causes
 gaddafi also had international ambitions wanting to export his revolutionary ideas throughout the world