Ali Ahmida interviewed for Toronto National Post story on the Gaddafi regime

The National Post (Toronto) interviewed Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D., chair of the UNE political science program for a Dec. 19, 2011 analytical story titled "The Arab Awakening: The beginning of the end for the Gaddafi regime."

In the story Ahmida talks about the ramifications of the arrest of Fathi Terbil, a human rights lawyer in Benghazi.

“[Mr. Terbil] was the lynchpin for the whole uprising because the arrest kind of galvanized all the contradictions and all the resentments due to the fact that the regime did not rationally address all of these unresolved grievances,” Ahmida told the Post. He also discussed his fears that a thirst for vengeance will overwhelm a nation battered by injustice.

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. 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.