Why a Mirage?

• Mirage: an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects. 
• Mirage: something illusory and unattainable

Even though a mirage is a real phenomenon, the interpretation of what is seen is up to the individual.  

So, my impression of the Libya of my heritage is part illusion, part imagination and part fact. It remains a mirage.