Talk:Safia Farkash

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Isn't she Bosnian?[edit]

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Yugoslavia enjoyed very friendly relations with Libya, inking cooperation deals ranging from civil engineering to defense contracts. There is also the fact that Gaddafi’s second wife, Safija Farkas, is Bosnian Croat from the city of Mostar. (They met while Gaddafi was taking part in a military academy student exchange program in Mostar in the 1960s.) Source: http://www.isaintel.com/2011/08/29/gaddafi-could-seek-refuge-in-croatia-or-serbia-not-likely/ 84.23.155.84 (talk) 14:47, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your input! Firstly, there's a lot of huffle, puffle and spin around Gaddafi, so frankly trying to tie anything down is difficult. Secondly he most certainly did have close ties to Yugoslavia, so I am not surprised by the story. Most of the refs that I could find tied her to a Libyan birth, with a Hungarian family background on one side - hence why the article is written as it is. Secondly, most of the stories tied their meeting to his hospitalisation shortly after the coup in 1969, but the dates varied between 1969 and 1971: I choose the one most referenced. If you can find more sources, very happy to review, but on present balance the current words seem to sum up what the refs suggest and would hence support. Best Rgds, --Trident13 (talk) 16:34, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.dnevnik.ba/novosti/svijet/gadafijeva-supruga-hrvatica-iz-mostara-nekupuje-srpsko-odmarali%C5%A1te-kod-makarske — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.30.121.204 (talk) 01:46, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Libya/Croatia: Gaddafi's Bosnian-Croat wife in talks to buy Adriatic resort' "Local newspaper Makarska Chronicle said Gaddafi’s wife Safia, a Bosnian Croatian national, was planning to buy a resort in the town of Igrani, which before the breakup of the former Yugoslavia belonged to a Serbian utility company." Source: http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/CultureAndMedia/LibyaCroatia-Gaddafis-Bosnian-Croat-wife-in-talks-to-buy-Adriatic-resort_312426250663.html 84.23.155.84 (talk) 17:58, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here is another take on it, from a discussion site: "ibn_battuta wrote: Feb 28th 2011 6:47 GMT .That second wife, Sofija Farkas may be a Croat from Mostar (Bosnia), but her last name is definitely Hungarian. Now I googled her, and it turns out that her grandfather, a certain Ivan Farkas, was a Hungarian public officer stationed in Bosnia when the region belonged to Austria-Hungary(BTW, "Farkas" in Hungarian means "wolf")". I cannot vouch for it, though. Source: http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2011/02/libyas_balkan_connections 84.23.155.84 (talk) 18:10, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Farkas is a pretty common surname in Hungary. I thought she was born in Bosnia.Fakirbakir (talk) 00:01, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bayda or Mostar[edit]

She was born in Bayda or Mostar? I think it is obscure.Fakirbakir (talk) 15:19, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's too exaggerated to create a category (Category:Libyan people of Hungarian descent) on a disputed informatiom!!.--Maher27777 (talk) 20:26, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We have a single unreliable report that she is hungarian, I think we should keep bayda until we know more. Jeancey (talk) 20:50, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This 'unreliable' report is based on the conservative and reliable Heti Válasz newspaper.[1] Fakirbakir (talk) 20:54, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We shouldn't rely on fringe reports this much. FunkMonk (talk) 12:51, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]