Newswise — News reports say that Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat is in critical condition at a military hospital outside Paris. The 75 year old leader has reportedly been in and out of a coma since Wednesday. University of Maryland experts are available to talk about Arafat, his legacy and about what could be in store for the Middle East in the future with his passing. Feel free to contact these experts directly.
Jerome Segal - research scholar, school of public policy, University of MarylandExpertise - Israeli - Palestinian relations.
Credentials - a leading expert on Israeli-Palestinian relations, Dr. Segal was one of the first American Jews to meet with the leadership of the PLO. He is the author of Creating the Palestinian State: A Strategy for Peace, and Agency and Alienation. His numerous articles on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other national publications. Segal also works with the Center for International Security Studies at Maryland, where he is director of the Jerusalem Project, which has tested the attitudes of Israeli Jews and Palestinians about Jerusalem in order to identify options for resolving the city's final status.
Web site - http://www.puaf.umd.edu/faculty/people/segalm.html
Jillian Schwedler - assistant professor of political science, University of MarylandExpertise - politics of Islamic world, especially protests and policing, political Islam, social movements, democracy and democratization, identity, political culture, and transnational public spheres; increased political repression by Arab regimes, post-9-11
Credentials - conducted yearlong research in Jordan (2004) ; edits the journal "Middle East Report;" co-edited "Understanding the Contemporary Middle East" and two other volumes; wrote "Faith in Moderation: Islamist Parties in Jordan and Yemen" (forthcoming), as well as numerous journal articles; conducted extensive field research in Egypt, Jordan and Yemen
Web site - http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/schwedler/
Shibley Telhami - Anwar Sadat Professor of Peace and Development, University of MarylandExpertise - Middle East foreign policy and politics; Arab-Israeli dispute; psychology of peace
Credentials - senior fellow, Brookings Institution; books include, The Stakes: America and the Middle East and Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East; appointed by President Clinton to the United States Institute of Peace board
Web site - http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/bio.asp?id=17
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