Ali Ahmida discusses Libyan uprising with KPFT Radio in Texas

Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, continues to be interviewed in depth by a number of national, international and local media outlets for his insights on the uprising in Libya against the regime of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. On March 16, 2011, he was interviewed for Arab Voices on KPFT Radio in Houston and Galveston, Texas. 

Since the North African and Middle Eastern uprisings began in January, Ahmida has been interviewed by a number of media outlets, including NPR's Morning Edition and Charlie Rose show, CBC Radio Canada, KPFK Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles, WBEZ Chicago Public Media, Mother Jones magazine and more. Ahmida, who was born in Libya, is the author of The Making of Modern Libya: State Formation, Colonialization and Resistance, and several other books on Libya and North Africa. Find out more about Ahmida and read and listen to a number of his other recent interviews.