The Emergence of the Modern Middle East
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- Coursera - Tel Aviv University: List of books on the reading list and student suggestions
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22 reviews
3.8
Score 18.4
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28 reviews
4.2
Score 13.65
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16 reviews
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Score 12.33
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16 reviews
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- aulsmith: I recently read this. Excellent book and very helpful in understanding some of the current problems in the Middle East.
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by Tom Segev
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4
Score 8.5
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9 reviews
4.1
Score 8.27
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52 reviews
4.1
Score 7.99
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by Benny Morris
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6 reviews
4
Score 7.81
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85 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 7.69
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- avatiakh: student - gives perspective to how events of the last half of the 20th century have shaped and spawned global terrorism in the middle east and abroad in the last three decades.
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½ 4.5
Score 7.21
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16 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 6.68
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by Ari Shavit
970 members
58 reviews
4.2
Score 6.45
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25 reviews
3.8
Score 6.32
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by Barry Turner
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3 reviews
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Score 6.11
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by Tom Holland
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20 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 5.91
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49 reviews
3.9
Score 5.86
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49 members
½ 2.5
Score 5.78
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by Tamim Ansary
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41 reviews
4.2
Score 5.74
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- avatiakh: student - reaches beyond the Middle East to chronicle the history of the entire Islamic world
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Score 5.58
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Score 5.47
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by Amos Oz
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70 reviews
4.2
Score 5.34
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½ 4.3
Score 5.21
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32 reviews
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by Robert Fisk
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41 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 5.16
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2 reviews
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Score 5.15
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5 reviews
3.9
Score 5.14
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4
Score 5.13
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by Noah Feldman
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2 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 4.93
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by Ahmed Rashid
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19 reviews
3.9
Score 4.88
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4.2
Score 4.86
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2,347 members
13 reviews
4.1
Score 4.83
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4.1
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3.8
Score 4.75
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by Yehuda Avner
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4 reviews
½ 4.5
Score 4.64
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32 reviews
3.8
Score 4.64
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4.1
Score 4.62
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3.8
Score 4.12
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3.2
Score 3.93
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3.8
Score 3.88
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4
Score 3.87
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- avatiakh: student - many contemporary contributors
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4
Score 3.68
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4
Score 3.63
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4
Score 3.62
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4
Score 3.56
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3.9
Score 3.46
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by Avi Shlaim
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4
Score 3.3
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Score 3.24
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3.2
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31 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 2.76
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5
Score 2.75
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4
Score 2.74
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3.2
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Score 2.74
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43 reviews
½ 3.6
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4
Score 2.7
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