Libyan poet Mustafa al-Trabelsi, who warned of flood risks, died in Derna floodNPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Libyan writer Khaled Mattawa. He translated a poem by Mustafa al-Trabelsi, who wrote about the flood risks in Libya before he died in them. LEILA FADEL, HOST:In the northeastern Libyan city of Derna this week, thousands of protesters gathered to demand accountability after floods washed much of their city and many of their loved ones into the sea. And Khaled Mattawa, a Libyan poet at the University of Michigan, translated the Arabic poem into English. MATTAWA: Mustafa was an activist, clearly.
