的黎波里/班加西，10月1日——一场围绕薪酬和工作条件举行的教师罢工正在扰乱利比亚各地的学校，并推迟新学年的开学。
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Oct 1 - A teachers' strike over pay and working conditions is disrupting schools across Libya and delaying the start of the new academic year.
教师从9月13日开始抗议。当天原定学校复课，他们在首都的黎波里的学校和政府大楼外发起静坐。两周后，教师工会将这场行动升级为一场无固定期限、覆盖全国公立学校的罢工。
Teachers began protesting on September 13, the day schools were due to reopen, staging sit-ins outside schools and government buildings in the capital, Tripoli. Two weeks later, the teachers union escalated the campaign into an open-ended, nationwide strike across public schools.
这次罢工是该国最新的一波动荡。自2011年北约支持的起义推翻穆阿马尔·卡扎菲以来，多年来该国仍在应对不稳定局势。今夏，利比亚还遭遇了大范围停电，劳工骚动最近也扰乱了该国最大油田的生产。教师表示，薪资低微和学校条件恶化迫使他们采取行动。
The walkout is the latest upheaval in a country still grappling with instability years after the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi. Libya has also faced widespread power cuts this summer and labour unrest that recently disrupted output at its largest oilfield. Teachers say low salaries and deteriorating school conditions have pushed them to act.
的黎波里南郊艾因扎拉教师工会负责人穆斯塔法·阿尔-巴希利勒说：“这不是要求，而是权利——权利必须靠争取。”
"These are not demands, but rather rights – and rights have to be taken," said Mustafa Al-Bahilil, head of the teachers union in Ain Zara on Tripoli's southern outskirts.
教师面临的困难五花八门，从缺少计算机实验室，到课桌破旧到无法使用，这常常迫使教职员工和家长自掏腰包购买设备。
Teachers face difficulties ranging from a lack of computer labs to desks so worn out that they are unusable, often forcing staff and parents to pay for equipment themselves.
的黎波里教师哈姆扎·阿尔-费尔杰尼说，许多教师因工资过低，不得不从事第二份工作。他说：“他们不断作出承诺，但全都是空头承诺。”教育部没有立即回应路透社提出的采访请求。
Many teachers have to work second jobs because their salaries are so low, said Tripoli teacher Hamza al-Firjani. "They get promises, but all of them are fake promises," he said. The Ministry of Education did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for an interview.
教师也参加了利比亚东部班加西的罢工。自2014年 civil war 以来，该国一直由东西部两个相互敌对的行政当局分裂管辖。
Teachers have also joined the strike in Benghazi in eastern Libya. The country has been divided between rival administrations in the east and west since a 2014 civil war.
班加西教师工会负责人穆罕默德·阿尔-贾哈维说，食品价格和其他生活成本不断上涨，驱动了这场罢工，也让许多教师连基本生活需求都无法满足。
Mohammed Al-Jahawi, head of the teachers union in Benghazi, said the strikes were driven by surging food and other costs which had left many teachers unable to meet their basic needs.
长期中断的可能性让许多家长感到焦虑。班加西一名47岁、三个孩子的父亲萨拉赫·阿瓦德说，他希望教师的需求能够得到满足，但担心罢工会伤害学生。“现在不是举行罢工的合适时机，”他说。
The prospect of a long disruption has left many parents anxious. Salah Awad, a 47-year-old father of three students in Benghazi, said he hoped that the teachers' needs were addressed, but he feared the strike was going to hurt students. "This is not the right time for a strike," he said.