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Ali Abdullatif Ahmida

Ali Abdullatif Ahmida is founding chair and professor of political science at the University of New England.

Genocide, Historical Amnesia and Italian Settler Colonialism in Libya—An Interview with Ali Abdullatif Ahmida — Part of the cover of Ali Abdullatif Ahmida’s new book, “Genocide in Libya: Shar, a Hidden Colonial History,” published by Routledge, 2021.

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Genocide, Historical Amnesia and Italian Settler Colonialism in Libya—An Interview with Ali Abdullatif Ahmida

In the late 1920s, the Italian fascist regime implemented a campaign of ethnic cleansing in eastern Libya to create more land for Italian settlers and quell armed resistance to colonization. Ali Abdullatif Ahmida’s new book, Genocide in Libya: Shar, a Hidden Colonial History, examines this forgotten

Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Jacob Mundy • 12 min read

Genocide, Historical Amnesia and Italian Settler Colonialism in Libya—An Interview with Ali Abdullatif Ahmida — Part of the cover of Ali Abdullatif Ahmida’s new book, “Genocide in Libya: Shar, a Hidden Colonial History,” published by Routledge, 2021.

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Genocide, Historical Amnesia and Italian Settler Colonialism in Libya—An Interview with Ali Abdullatif Ahmida

In the late 1920s, the Italian fascist regime implemented a campaign of ethnic cleansing in eastern Libya to create more land for Italian settlers and quell armed resistance to colonization. Ali Abdullatif Ahmida’s new book, Genocide in Libya: Shar, a Hidden Colonial History, examines this forgotten

Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Jacob Mundy • 12 min read