Ali Ahmida interviewed by MPBN on death of Muammar el-Qaddafi

Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, was interviewed by MPBN public radio Oct. 20, 2011 on the death of Muammar el-Qaddafi. 

In the extended interview, Ahmida said he would have preferred to see the dictator captured and put on trial and “show Libyan society and the world that the Libyan revolution - democratic revolution - is capable of really having a different kind of justice” The challenge for the new government, he added, will be to reconcile all factions, including the loyalists who fought for Qaddafi and to resist vendetta.

Since the North African and Middle Eastern uprisings began in January, Ahmida has been interviewed by a number of media outlets, including spots on NPR's Morning Edition and Weekend Edition earlier this year, as well as the Charlie Rose show, CBC Radio Canada, KPFK Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles, WBEZ Chicago Public Media, Mother Jones magazine and more. He also wrote an invited column for the New York Times. 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.
 

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