Ali Ahmida publishes third edition of 'The Making of Modern Libya'

aahmidaAli Ahmida, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, recently published a revised and expanded third edition of his book, written in Arabic, The Making of Modern Libya: Social Formation, Colonization, and Resistance 1830-1932.

The book was banned in Libya when originally published in 1995, though it was smuggled into the country.  A second edition was published in 1998.