Omar Al-Mukhtar Muhammad Ibn Farhat al-Mnifi (Arabic: عُمَرْ الْمُخْتَارْ مُحَمَّدْ بِنْ فَرْحَاتْ الْمَنِفِي‎‎; 20 August 1858 – 16 September 1931), known among the Colonial Italians as Matari of the Mnifa,[4] was the leader of Native Resistance in Eastern Libya under the Senussids, against the Italian Colonization of Libya. Omar was also a prominent figure of the Senussi Movement, and he is considered the National Hero of Libya and a symbol of resistance in the Arab and Islamic Worlds. Beginning in 1911, he organised and, for nearly twenty years, led native resistance against the Colonial Italians. After many attempts, the Italian Armed forces managed to capture Al-Mukhtar near Slonta and hanged him in 1931. Omar Al-Mukhtar also fought against the French Colonization of Chad and the British Occupation of Egypt.