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AuthorAmara, Mahfoud
Available date2021-06-20T06:10:57Z
Publication Date2016
Publication NameRoutledge Handbook of Sport and Politics
ResourceScopus
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315761930
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/20695
AbstractThis 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 by the one-party, military-led regimes and royal families. Sport has been a terrain of ethno-nationalists rivalries within and between Arab countries despite the institutional (top-down) discourse on Arab unity and all Arab-nation (Arab Ummah). Sport is also a tool for international relations and diplomacy. Countries in the Arabian Peninsula, particularly the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and Bahrain, are adopting sport today as part of their strategy to build alliances with the world of nance and repositioning the region in the global sporting arena. Finally, sport in general, and football in particular, is at the centre of the political turmoil and multifaceted transitions occurring today in Arab countries.
Languageen
PublisherTaylor and Francis
SubjectClash of Civilizations
Sports Policy
Arab world
TitleSport and politics in the Arab world
TypeBook chapter
Pagination129-136
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