Uploaded October 2015 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Robert Con Davis-Undiano discusses the latest issues in the Middle East with Dr. Joshua Landis and Dr. Samer Shehata. Joshua Landis is an academic expert who focuses on the Middle East, with special emphasis on Syria. He also heads the Middle Eastern Studies department at the University of Oklahoma. Samer Shahata is an Associate Professor in Middle East Studies in the Department of International and Area Studies at the University of Oklahoma and has a special focus on Egyptian politics.

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Joshua Landis
Website: joshualandis.com/blog
Twitter: twitter.com/joshua_landis
Facebook: facebook.com/joshua.landis1

Samer Shehata
Website: http://www.ou.edu/cis/ias/faculty/samer-shehata.html

Current Conversations has welcomed famous environmentalists, writers, documentary filmmakers, political scientists and many others. The show is produced at the University of Oklahoma Outreach Video and Media Services in conjunction with World Literature Today.