This website provides you with an updated syllabus, course readings and my PowerPoint slides.  It will be updated throughout the semester.  Feel welcome to email me your suggestions.

Abdulkader Sinno

Office hours: Tuesdays 11am-1 pm, WH 323.

By clicking on this link to readings, you agree to abide by all copyrights and fair usage rules for downloadable texts.

Click here to know your discussion group number and where your group sits

Handout 1: MENA Countries and map

Handout 2: Guide for Test 1, Sample Test 1

Handout 2: Guide for Test 2, Sample Test 2

Handout 3: Guide for paper

Sample tests are meant to simply give you a feel of the type of questions you will get. These sample tests are from a previous semester and may not cover the same topics as your tests this semester.

Those slides might be updated/changed before a lecture.  Slides marked with (*) were updated.

For test 1: Lectures 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

For test 2: Lectures 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, lecture by Prof. Dorronsoro, 11, 12, 13

               Key for grading test 2 and paper

• New York Times (free online)
• The Independent (English, free)
• Al Jazeera (English, free)
• Al Hayat (English, free)
• Ha'aretz (English, free)
• Al Jazeera (Arabic, free)
• Al Hayat (Arabic, free)
• Ha`aretz (Hebrew, free)

• Understanding plagiarism, an IU resource
• IU Campus Writing Program
• IU Libraries
• IU Library's political science resources website

• Abdul Sinno's general student webpage