E-mail: sadat@umd.edu
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Arab-Israeli conflict; ethnic conflict; international negotiations; media and political identity; Palestinian and Israeli politics; Persian Gulf politics; U.S. policy in the Middle East
Current Positions
Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland; Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Board Member, Human Rights Watch, Education for Employment Foundation
Past Positions
Associate Professor, Cornell University; Assistant Professor, Ohio State University; Lecturer, Princeton University, Columbia University, Swarthmore College, University of Southern California, University of California at Berkeley; Advisor, U.S. Mission to the United Nations; Advisor, Congressman Lee H. Hamilton (D-Ind.)
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1986; M.A., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 1978; B.A., Queens College of the City University of New York, 1974
Toward A New U.S.-Middle East Project
Interview With fresh political violence erupting ahead of elections, Shibley Telhami points to new polling data showing Egyptians are concerned the military is attempting to undo the gains of the revolution.
This poll, conducted by Shibley Telhami, surveyed three thousand people in Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates in October 2011, assessing attitudes toward the United States and the Obama administration, prospects for Arab-Israeli peace, the impact of the Arab awakening, the outlook for the Egyptian elections, and opinions on where the region is headed politically.
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In the wake of Mubarak's ouster experts discuss the future of Egypt and the reverberations in the Arab world and beyond.
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This slideshow summarizes the results of an Arab public opinion poll conducted by the University of Maryland with Zogby International.
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Listen to experts discuss the state of Arab-Israeli peace efforts since the Annapolis conference.
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Watch experts discuss the state of Arab-Israeli peace efforts since the Annapolis conference.
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F. Gregory Gause III leads a discussion on the impact of the U.S. intervention in Iraq on the wider Middle East. Shibley Telhami sums up the discussion by acknowledging that pulling out of Iraq today could lead toward even more civil war but says, “At this point, whatever we do, we have very little impact on the outcome in Iraq, whether we stay or go.”
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Listen to experts discuss the impact of the U.S. intervention in Iraq on the wider Middle East.
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