Key events referenced in Season 1, arranged chronologically.
Pre-2011
- ~2000s — Ghazi Gheblawi grows up in Tripoli listening to international radio (BBC Arabic) as escape from state-controlled information
- ~2008–2009 — Suleiman al-Tih works briefly in Libyan oil industry before committing to basketball
- ~2009–2015 — Nasr Elhadi builds fashion franchise empire in Tripoli (New Look, Tommy Hilfiger, Timberland, Burberry)
2011 — The Revolution
- February — Protests begin in Benghazi. Osama Alfitory's brother volunteers at a field clinic near the courthouse
- February–March — Alfitory becomes a fixer for international press, beginning with NYT journalist Robert Worth
- March–August — Fighting across Ras Lanuf, Brega, Misrata. Photographer Michael Christopher Brown injured twice. French journalist Martin killed in Misrata
- August (final week) — Tariq Elmeri and Nasr Elhadi meet in a courtyard in Benashour, Tripoli. They form a media group with Khairi Sha'ban and others
- Late August — Abdulaziz Lamlum, age 16, embedded with rebel TV stations
- October — Gaddafi captured and killed in Sirte. Alfitory is present. Interviews Mansour Dhao
- Late 2011 — Alfitory wins Rory Peck Award for Fixer of the Year
Post-2011
- 2011–2012 — The Intaj Media Company founded in Tripoli by Tariq, Nasr, Alaa, and Marwan. Collapses within a year
- 2012 — Tariq works as filmmaker for Lawyers for Justice in Libya's constitutional awareness tour
- ~2013 — Alfitory makes documentary on landmine clearers in Benghazi for ARTE/DW Arabic
- ~2015 — Nasr Elhadi's fashion business collapses as Libyan dinar crashes (1.3 → 5 → 7 per dollar). Stores close
- ~2015 — Nasr sees Tariq's YouTube video, sends apology message. They meet in London and reconcile
- 2015 — Alfitory, living in Amman, begins experiencing PTSD: recurring nightmares of a corpse photographed during the revolution. Seeks therapy
- April 2019 — Haftar's offensive on Tripoli. Emad Badi in London manages academic deadlines while checking if family is safe. Describes it as the most intense month of his life
- October–December 2019 — Season 1 of Damiri recorded in London (EP 1–9) and Berlin (EP 10)