Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 16
Sport labour migrant communities from the maghreb in the GCC
(
Oxford University Press
, 2017 , Book chapter)
Qatar and the UAE in particular are emerging as a new destination for sport labor migration, including from the Maghreb and the Maghrebi community in Europe, which is the focus of this chapter. Specifically, the study ...
Islam and Leisure
(
Palgrave Macmillan
, 2017 , Book chapter)
[No abstract available]
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 ...
The Arab region
(
Taylor and Francis
, 2017 , Book chapter)
[No abstract available]
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...