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

On Feb 22, 2011 Ahmida was interviewed on "Background Briefing with Ian Masters" on KPFK Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles (); on Jadaliyya, an independent online magazine produced by the Arab Studies Institute (); on the PBS Charlie Rose show (); and by WMTW8 TV based in Lewiston and Portland, Maine (). On Feb. 27, Ahmida was interviewed by magazine, and on Feb. 28, he was interviewed by WBEZ Chicago Public Media () and .. 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.