Omar Shegewi


Omar Shegewi or Sheghewi was a Libyan resistance leader who fought against Italian colonization. Shegewi came from the town of Hun in central Libya. He was sentenced to death and executed by hanging by the Italian forces led by Rodolfo Graziani after 'The Battle of Afia'.
He was married to Zuhra Ramdan Agha Al-Awji and had three children: Mohammed Shegewi, Hassan Shegewi and Idris Shegewi.