This course is really interesting and informative. It gave me a much better understanding for the history and politics behind some of the issues we are all facing today, and really broadened my mind.
The course was good. But the real situation has been changing drastically. A supplement or extension of course is required to cover the up to date situation about IS activities, syria Iraq etc.
By faizan
•Very detailed and comprehensive
By UMAR T
•Very Knowledgeable instructor
By kaiser m i
•This is a wonderful course.
By RAJAGOPAL P
•REALLY FIVE STAR COURSE
By Tamar V
•Excellent course!
By Gipsi T
•Excellent course.
By small9
•Excellent course!
By Ruben A B P
•Excellent course!
By Alexis I Y
•Excellent class!
By Andrés J C H
•Amazing course.
By Gonza M G
•me gusto mucho!
By Mustantik
•Great course
By Ricardo H P J
•Excellent!!
By Clemente G O C
•Excellent!
By Mahmoud E
•very good
By Ramon M M
•Great!
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By Marianne
•Excellent professor and very interesting topic for whoever is curious to learn about these Muslim Countries! I warmly recommend it and the only reason I gave it 4 out of 5 stars is that it is too long! There are many sections that can be cut out and some lectures repeat themselves but over all it is intriguing and fulfilling and I think its also very important to understand the background of these states and why they are how they are today.
By Cyrille P
•Excellent course.
Just a shame, trying to figure out to get always the video notes only in english language and not in my natural language (currently french, detected by Coursera), which is better to understand questions & insure to get the answer. For some videos, only the notes in my natural language are available, which constraint me to translate and probably leads to misunderstandings.
By david e
•This is an excellent course that provided an overview of the broad scope of history of the Middle East, with an emphasis on insights into the Islamic faith over time and among Middle East cultures. This is must-have information for those who live in the Western Judeo-Christian culture.
By Priyanka M
•The course so far is quite interesting but it can be made more intense with detailed readings and supply of book and journal material. It can also incorporate a series of reform which were took after arab Spring since, it was the phenomenon in Arab and muslim world.
By gigi n
•Intelligent and informative at a macro level. Effective for those with no historical background to the Middle East (ME). It's a good crash course to understanding why the ME is a liquid place (not stable).
By Кукоев Д А
•The videos are a waste of time if you are listening to them. The speech is too slow and full of little mistakes and stumbles. Way quicker to just read the decodings below the videos.
By Thomasybruce
•Exceptionally informative as an introduction to Islamic studies. Could do with tightening up its question and answer format.
By Tahseen S
•Perfect course to get historical knowledge of Muslim countries. Well researched and explained. Highly recommended.