Fariha al-Berkawi
Fariha al-Berkawi was a Libyan politician who was assassinated on 17 July 2014.Career
Berkawi had been the representative for Derna District in the General National Congress. She was a member of the non-Islamist National Forces Alliance and a member of the budget committee.Death
Berkawi was shot by a gunman on 17 July 2014 at a gas station in Derna, three weeks after Salwa Bughaighis' assassination. Berkawi had strongly condemned Bughaighis' death.Berkawi was married. Her husband had been a longtime political prisoner under Muammar Gaddafi.
