In a land of freedom and elected officials, it’s difficult to understand the history of a nation where leaders are born out of violence, where religion and politics are permanently entwined and terrorists provide people with their only hope for change.  Dr. Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, answers our questions about politics in the Middle East and the history that brought us to the attacks on September 11th. From the Series:The Global Village