Distinguished American Speaker SeriesUniversity of Maryland Professor Shibley Telhami
On Friday, January 13, at the residence of Ambassador Richard Jones,
University of Maryland Professor Shibley Telhami, discussed "Public
Opinion in the Arab World: Consequences for the Arab-Israeli Conflict and
the Middle East," with an Israeli audience drawn from universities and
research centers around the country. Professor Telhami's presentation was
based on opinion polls conducted in October 2005 in Jordan, Lebanon,
Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and United Arab Emirates, and covered a broad
range of topics of interest in the region. Professor Telhami is the Anwar
Sadat Professor for Peace Development at the University of Maryland.
Among his many affiliations, he has been a member of the State
Department's Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, the Council on
Foreign Relations, and an advisor to the U.S. Delegation to the United
Nations. An excellent communicator, Professor Telhami provided his
Israeli audience with keen insights through his research in the Middle
East.
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