Slow pace, but very detailed analysis. I guess he is a very good teacher for students who can pay attention consistently in class, and this class I'm taking only has three students, so you have to be extremely alert at all times. Anyway I am really loving his class right now.

Such an easy class, the only reason I didn't get an A is because I never went to section (it was my only class on Fridays) and never did the participation assignments which are really easy (but also easy to forget about). Just read the material, pay attention to lectures because he will repeat important info VERY often if you do, and go to section!

He is so disorganized with boring content. Speaks soooo slow that you can easily forget what he said last sentence. He even count the attendance of lecture! Ridiculous!!!!

Its hard to pay attention when every other word he says is "um". I had really high hopes for the class but his lecturing skills are dreadful.

Take this class if you are a progressive interested in current events or the middle east. Otherwise he is very liberal, assumes you know much about the middle east already, and the reading and lecture can be very dense if you lack interest in the topic. On a personal note, he's a very nice and intelligent man and gave out coffee and cookies!

He was completely unorganized, the slides are pratically useless. The books were vaguely on topic of middle eastern history. Taking this class was pointless, i was interested in the material and learnt practically nothing and I'm not a bad student. AVOID!

Great professor. Very knowledgeable about history as well as current events in the Middle East. Fluent in several languages and keeps class very engaging and interesting.

Facts: hes not just bias, but so subjective in his teaching to the point that the other side does not exist. His slides include the names and dates of a person who died. Speaks in incredibly articulate language the entire lecture, which is very hard to follow, and you write Furiously. However, has a redemptive grading policy, and is a very nice guy

Garay is the nicest professors, that unfortunately cant teach well. Really biased, okay but still a great guy. I got a B on both test and somehow ended up with an A so that was pretty cool. You ready some intense stuff and movie time is always fun too. Take if you like middle eastern history

Interesting Reading, Important Guest Speakers. Fun Movies. SUPER HARD tests! Quiz, Midterm, Quiz, and Final. Nice guy- gave us cookies the day of the Final! HOWEVER, he is a horrible professors who says UHM mill. of times, lectures have nothing to do w/readings, hard to follow what he is saying. Hard to stay motivated for good grade w/bad teaching!

I LOVED HIM, STILL DO. ANYONE WHO BASHES HIM FOR BEING A BUSH-BASHER OR SOMETHING RIDICULOUS LIKE THAT CAN YOU KNOW, GO TAKE ANOTHER CLASS. HE'S THE BEST TEACHER IN THE WORLD AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED. IF ANYONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH HIM THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ME. I AM TIRED OF PEOPLE HATING HIM BECAUSE OF HIS VIEWPOINT. HE'S ENTITLED TO HIS OPINION

3 weeks into the course: I am completely uninspired by this professor. I am Middle Eastern, I have lived through the material he's teaching & cannot help but feel my blood boil @ the contradicting BIASES that he shoves down our throats. Total liberal Bush-basher.. he covers loads of material packed in 1 hr, and manages to squeeze in 200 UMs & Uhs!