Ali Ahmida participates in panel on Libya at Columbia University

On March 3, 2011, Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Political Science was a member of a panel at Columbia University's Middle East Institute titled 'Libya and the Arab Revolts with Peter Awn, Ali Ahmida, Peter Gran, and Khaled Mattawa.' View the videos on YouTube. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. 

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 recent interviews with the national media.

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