NPR's Morning Edition and other national and international media interview Ali Ahmida on Libya uprising

Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, continues to be interviewed in depth by a number of national and international outlets for his insights on the uprising in Libya against the regime of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, Libya's long-serving dictator. 

On March 2, 2011 Renee Montange interviewed Ahmida on NPR's Morning Edition. Ahmida explained that when Qaddafi seized power in Libya during a 1969 coup, he was a young military officer, who defined himself as a populist leader in touch with the country's traditional values. But over the decades, Qaddafi has become an increasingly eccentric leader out of touch with his people. Listen to the interview.

Ahmida was also interviewed for March 2nd stories for the CNN In the Arena Blog and the National Post, Ontario, Canada, and on March 1st by CBC Radio, Canada, (listen to the interview), and The Monitor on KPFT Pacifica Radio, Houston, Texas (listen to the interview).

On Feb 22, 2011 Ahmida was interviewed on "Background Briefing with Ian Masters" on KPFK Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles (listen to the interview); on Jadaliyya, an independent online magazine produced by the Arab Studies Institute (listen to the three-part interview); on the PBS Charlie Rose show (watch the interview); and by WMTW8 TV based in Lewiston and Portland, Maine (watch to the interview). On Feb. 27, Ahmida was interviewed by Mother Jones magazine, and on Feb. 28, he was interviewed by WBEZ Chicago Public Media (listen to the interview) and Radio New Zealand.. In addition, Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times bureau chief for the United Nations, has consulted with Ahmida. 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.

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