A namesake of embattled Libyan leader Moammer Gaddafi has rushed to change his name in "solidarity" with Libyan people.
 --Mohamad Gaddafi el-Noor |
The 40-year-old Sudanese Moammer Gaddafi who lives in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates is trying to change his name "in solidarity with the Libyans whose blood was shed" during an uprising against the Libyan leader, Arabic daily Emarat Alyoum reported.
"I was proud of the name and I even used to copy Gaddafi's hairstyle... but after what happened, especially when he described his people as 'rats', and started facing peaceful protesters with planes and tanks... this made me feel that the name has become a curse I should get rid of," the daily quoted the namesake as saying.
The Sudanese man who said his father has named him after Gaddafi, "one year following his (the Libyan leader's) revolt against the king's rule" has begun with "the legal measures needed to change his name," said the daily.
