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Ali Ahmida discusses Syria on MPBN鈥檚 'Maine Calling'

Ali Ahmida
Ali Ahmida

On March 14, 2016, Ali Ahmida, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Political Science, was a guest on the MPBN program 鈥淢aine Calling鈥 to discuss 鈥淭he Syrian Refugee Crisis鈥擣ive Years and Counting.鈥 Joining him as guests were Maple J. Razsa, associate professor in the Global Studies Program at Colby College, and Holly Frew of CAREUSA.

Ahmida discussed how the political uprising in Syria has changed over the past five years. 鈥淭he Syrian revolution or uprising started as a democratic uprising of the people,鈥 he explained, 鈥渂ut it became militarized and radicalized and ended up becoming a regional and international proxy war.鈥

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