Background
Telhami was born into an Arab family in Israel and has spoken on his experience as an Arab Israeli at the Palestine Center.
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Shibley Telhami
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He is fluent in Arabic, Hebrew, and English. He is the author of numerous books, including The Stakes, and writes op-ed pieces from time to time in various periodicals. He also appears on radio (often Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network and National Public Radio) and television (often on public affairs programs such as This Week and Nightline).
Professor Telhami has also been active in the foreign policy arena.
He has contributed to The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times and regularly appears on national and international radio and television He has also co-drafted several Council on Foreign Relations reports on United States public diplomacy, on the Arab-Israeli peace process, and on Persian Gulf security.
His other publications include Power and Leadership in International Bargaining: The Path to the Camp David Accords (1990). International Organizations and Ethnic Conflict, educated with Milton Esman (1995).
Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East, educated with Michael Barnett (2002), A Decade of Reflections on Peace, educated
(forthcoming), and numerous articles on international politics and Middle Eastern affairs His latest book is titled, "The World Through Arab Eyes" (2013). He has also served on the board of the United States Institute of Peace.
He was selected by the Carnegie Corporation of New York with the New York Times as one of the "Great Immigrants" for 2013.
He is also a recipient of the University of Maryland"s Honors College 2014 Outstanding Faculty Award.
Achievements
Politics
Before coming to the University of Maryland, he taught at several universities, including Cornell University, the Ohio State University, the University of Southern California, Princeton University, Columbia University, Swarthmore College, and the University of California at Berkeley, where he received his doctorate in political science. His best-selling book, The Stakes: America and the Middle East (Westview Press, 2003. Updated version, 2004) was selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the top five books on the Middle East in 2003.
Membership
He has served as Advisor to the United States Mission to the United Nations (1990-1991), as advisor to former Congressman Lee H. Hamilton, and as a member of the United States delegation to the Trilateral United States-Israeli-Palestinian Anti-Incitement Committee, which was mandated by the Wye River Agreements. He also served on the Iraq Study Group as a member of the Strategic Environment Working Group. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of the Education for Employment Foundation, several academic advisory boards, and has served on the board of Human Rights Watch ( and as Chair of Advisory Committee of Human Rights Watch/Middle East).
