Ali Ahmida discusses recent events in Libya on MPBN radio

Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, discussed the uprising in Libya against the regime of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in an interview on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network's midday radio news on March 28, 2011. In addition to the on-air segment, MPBN posted a longer 26-minute interview with Ahmida on its website in which Ahmida also reflects on growing up in Libya. Listen to the interview.

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  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.