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Sport labour migrant communities from the maghreb in the GCC
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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
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2017 , Book chapter)
[No abstract available]
Sport and politics in the Arab world
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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
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Taylor and Francis
, 2017 , Book chapter)
[No abstract available]
The olympic movement and the middle east and north African region: History, culture and geopolitics - an introduction
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Routledge
, 2017 , Other)
[No abstract available]
Sport and development in Qatar: International and regional dynamics of sport mega-events
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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
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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, ...
Place and Space of Global Sport in the Gulf Region: Promotion, Development and Identity Narratives
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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 in Islam and in Muslim communities
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Taylor and Francis Group
, 2015 , Book)
As Islam's visibility in global society increases, Muslim populations grow, and Muslim countries compete to take up positions at the heart of global sport, the interplay between sport and Islam becomes ever more illuminating. ...
Editorial Introduction: Asian Sport History and Culture in the Twenty-first Century
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Taylor and Francis Group
, 2020 , Other)
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 ...