Ali Ahmida presents two talks during trip to Tripoli

51品茶Political Science Professor and Chair Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D. presented two talks in December during a trip to Tripoli, Libya. The first was  a paper delivered as part of a conference on "building a new civic and democratic republic in Libya," December 24-26, 2011 at the University of Tripoli. His paper and talk were titled "How to think about national reconciliation in Libya." 

The second, by invitation of the Libyan minister of culture, was a paper on Libyan civil society. The talk, titled "Obstacles and challenges facing Libyan society after the February 17 Revolution" was presented Dec.31 at the new ministry of culture.

Ahmida also met and spoke with women, youth and civil organizations in both Tripoli, and Benghazi, Libya.

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