Ali Ahmida helps organize conference and tribute to Rifa' at Abou-El-Haj

Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, helped organize a conference and tribute to honor the distinguished scholar and Ottoman historian Rifa' at Abou-El-Haj: Beyond Dominant Paradigms in Ottoman and Middle Eastern/North African Studies on April 24, 2010 at Binghamton University. His presentation was entitled "Beyond Orientalist, Colonial and Nationalist Models: A Critical Mapping of North African Studies."