MK
Jul 30, 2018
Excellent Course. Professor Susser does a thorough, careful job of bring the Middle East up to date to 2013 or so. Would love to see an additional week added dealing with developments up to today.
FA
May 7, 2020
A FASCINATING COURSE WHICH WAS MOST ENGAGING THROUGHOUT. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS COURSE. IT REALLY HELPS TO PUT INTO CONTEXT THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT IS STILL VERY MUCH ONGOING.
By Irv R
•Sep 17, 2020
Excellent overview of the subject.
By Rod M
•May 2, 2020
Very well organized and presented
By A K
•Sep 26, 2016
Excellent, interesting, thorough
By Mick H
•Aug 29, 2016
Brilliantly insightful summaries
By Bart S
•Aug 25, 2017
excellent, please repeat course
By Roberto D
•Oct 1, 2016
Great course, great teaching !
By Jeffrey S
•Jan 19, 2021
Clear concise and fascinating
By Saif A
•Mar 26, 2021
Very informative course
By Zidane Z E A
•Sep 19, 2020
¡¡¡¡Excelente curso!!!
By David R
•Mar 6, 2024
An excellent course.
By Raymond C W
•Feb 13, 2016
Outstanding course.
By David M
•Aug 8, 2019
excellent course!
By Arjun B
•Mar 30, 2017
Very good course.
By Barry C
•Apr 29, 2019
Excellent course
By Solomon Z
•Mar 14, 2018
great brief info
By Liang W
•May 21, 2019
Very helpful!
By Ioannis M
•Jan 16, 2019
Excellent!!
By Paloma M
•Jun 15, 2020
Loved it!
By Mahmoud E
•Aug 7, 2018
very good
By kasite U
•Mar 28, 2017
great!
By Mona A A
•Sep 23, 2020
good
By Kyong H K
•Feb 6, 2019
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By Tom L
•Feb 19, 2021
I find the course comprehensive and balanced. However, when the lectures are in English, which is not the instructor's native tongue, the result can be a halting delivery. While this does not impact the video so much, I find the transcripts can be difficult. When the instructor pauses to order his thoughts and words, the transcript all too often shows a period, creating a disjointed narrative; among other things, there are words misunderstood ("designer's" for "the Zionists"); the dreaded apostrophe ("it's" for "its"); words missing (so guesswork is required to maintain continuity), when a little more effort may fill the gap. I feel some editing to produce a more readable version (though not a verbatim copy) would benefit all.
P.S. I found similar problems with "Russian History: Lenin to Putin".
By Zakaria G
•Sep 25, 2019
it was nice seeing things from the other side's perspective (the way Israelis see it) as opposed to being bombarded by the same ideas all arabs (governments and individuals) promote...a necessary step if people really want to form an objective opinion about this long lasting conflict, even more important for those directly concerned if a peaceful solution is sought (dreamy but who knows) just wish of the MENA region universities (other than israeli universities) had the decency to make such an objective course available...would help a lot
By AEH
•Dec 27, 2015
This course is wonderful, and does not seem biased. My one complaint is that for so so much information, there are only two quizzes. I would prefer to have a test at the end of each weekly lesson, especially since the quizzes are so short. The material and videos themselves are wonderful! I learned a lot :)