Hala Misrati

Hala Misrati (Arabic: هالة المصراتي; born 9 September 1980) is a Libyan writer, television anchor and journalist.

She published a collection of short stories in 2007 entitled "The moon has another face", which a review from Middle-East-Online.com praised her "humane honesty", and described her as someone who "is angry like a child about the lies of others.".

She blamed differences of opinion between her guest Mustafa Zaidi and other Revolutionary Committees members for the crisis, and criticized the strictures placed on journalists in Libya by reactionary regime figures.

I will protect my colleagues at the [Libyan State TV] channel…we are willing to become martyrs" adding "with this weapon I either kill or die today!".

On 22 August 2011, during the Battle of Tripoli, the rebels stormed the headquarters of Libyan State TV and captured Misrati.