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Some 30 quad bikes, motorcycles and four-wheel drives are rallying in Libya's desert -- a welcome but rare taste of normality for a nation lashed by the shifting sands of...

ZINTAN, Libya — Some 30 quad bikes, motorcycles and four-wheel drives are rallying in Libya's desert — a welcome but rare taste of normality for a nation lashed by the shifting sands of conflict.At the launch in 2013, organisers of the Al Hamada rally had envisioned an annual event, yet this year's episode is only the third to get beyond the starting line.Competitors from

Organisers of the Al-Hamada rally in Libya claim the event marks a return to normality in the country

Some 30 quad bikes, motorcycles and four-wheel drives are rallying in Libya's desert -- a welcome but rare taste of normality for a nation lashed by the shifting sands of conflict.At the launch in 2013, organisers of the Al-Hamada rally had envisioned an annual event, yet this year's episode is only the third to get beyond the starting line. Competitors from Libya and Tunisia have taken to the drivers' seats, one of them a woman for the first time in a Libyan rally.

The event finishes on Sunday in Ghadames, a UNESCO world heritage site dubbed the desert pearl - Click the link for more details.