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28 Sport communication and the politics of identity in the MENA region
( De Gruyter Mouton , 2021 , Book chapter)This chapter examines the sporting context in the MENA region, and the role of media coverage in mobilizing narratives around sport performance, in the construction of collective imagination framed around national unity, ... -
Algeria and the FIFA World Cup: between political legitimization and regional rivalry
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2022 , Article)Algeria’s history with the FIFA World Cup can be divided into two main periods. The first stretches from independence in 1962 to the early 1990s, which saw Algeria qualifying twice in 1982 and 1986. In the 1990s, Algeria ... -
Chapter 12: Sports migration to Gulf Cooperation Council states: the intersection of economic growth and sport development; In Handbook on Sport and Migration Edited by Joseph Maguire, Katie Liston, and Mark Falcous
( Edward Elgar Publishing , 2024 , Book chapter)For the past 20 years or so, a significant influx of professional athletes, sports practitioners, coaches, sport scientists, physical education (PE) teachers, and sports journalists, to name but a few, have arrived in ... -
China’s Comprehensive Engagement with North Africa and Middle East: Economic, Political, and Sports Relations
( Peter Lang Group AG , 2024 , Book chapter)This chapter examines China's historical and evolving engagement with North African and Middle Eastern countries. It focuses specifically on China's involvement in North Africa, highlighting the development of economic ... -
Commentary in Arabic ... or in Tigrinya? Football fans and the search for free television broadcasting
( Manchester University Press , 2023 , Book chapter)Without a doubt football is the male leisure activity par excellence in the Arab world. Boys play it, young men often watch it – or rather try to watch it, because viewing matches on television sometimes proves quite a ... -
Contemporary Qatar : Examining State and Society
( Springer , 2021 , Book)This book addresses critical topics and unanswered questions on the contemporary state of Qatar. Drawing together a unique combination of authors that have researched the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in general, and the ... -
Culture and the World Cup: The Case of Qatar
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2022 , Book chapter)The hosting of the World Cup is certainly a monumental achievement by the state of Qatar. Not only it brings the country to more international exposure, and helps it rip the potential economic benefits, but also it offers ... -
Editorial Introduction: Asian Sport History and Culture in the Twenty-first Century
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2020 , Article)When the proposal for a new journal dedicated to the analysis of Asian sport history and culture, (in partnership with its parent journal, the International Journal of the History of Sport) was first mooted, its endorsement ... -
Islam and Leisure
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Islamic sport marketing or sport marketing in Muslim cultures and communities
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2015 , Book chapter)As naming is categorising and, in turn, categorising is excluding, there have been many discussions about the respective definitions of marketing and sport marketing, their differences, their communalities, their practices, ... -
Living Football, Navigating Politics: Salah Assad’s Life Story in Post-Colonial and Post-Conflict Algeria
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2025 , Article)This paper examines the life and career of Salah Assad, a legendary Algerian footballer renowned for his pivotal role in Algeria’s historic victory over the former West Germany in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Widely regarded ... -
Model of Sport in the Arab World: A European Approach? in The European Model of Sport Myth or Reality? Edited By Borja García, Vanja Smokvina
( Routledge , 2025 , Book chapter)Models of sport in the Arab World are influenced by historical, geographical, demographic, and economic relations, as well as interactions with Europe. The historical dimension can be explained by the colonial past and its ... -
Place and Space of Global Sport in the Gulf Region: Promotion, Development and Identity Narratives
( Springer , 2021 , Book chapter)The reorganisation (or regeneration) of the urban space around the sport theme in cities such as Doha, Dubai and Manama, aims to offer citizens and residents a “spectacular” sporting experience. Furthermore, it offers ... -
Research on sport and Islam: The way forward
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Sport and development in Qatar: International and regional dynamics of sport mega-events
( Taylor & Francis , 2021 , Book chapter)Since winning the bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar has been under the spotlight, responding to criticism regarding the working conditions of workers involved in the construction of football stadia and other ... -
Sport and international relations in North Africa
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2018 , Book chapter)Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia share the same history of French colonial presence. While Algeria was simply annexed to become part of the French territory and divided into three provinces, Tunisia and Morocco were under the ... -
Sport and Muslims or Muslims in sport, post-9/11
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2016 , Book chapter)This chapter organizes three aspects: hijab and the ‘Islamization’ of sport; Arab-Muslim investment in sport as a means for ‘soft power’; and sport and the question of integration of Muslims as a challenge to citizenship ... -
Sport and political transition in Tunisia: Another terrain of competition between Islamists and seculars
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2015 , Book chapter)This chapter reports on a research project that focused on how policy makers perceived and responded to the sporting needs of Muslim communities in Norway. A unique trait of Norwegian sport policy is that sport organizations ... -
Sport and politics in the Arab world
( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)This chapter examines the interaction between sport and politics in the Arab World. In post-independence, in the 1950s and 1960s, sport was an arena for the consolidation of national unity, at least the way it was dened ... -
Sport and the ‘question’ of Islam in Europe
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2020 , Book chapter)The aim of this chapter is to examine how the debate about Islam in Europe is affecting the discourse on sport and Islam and Muslim communities. Recent sources of tensions occurred around the question of Islam including ...
