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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 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 ...
The olympic movement and the middle east and north African region: History, culture and geopolitics - an introduction
(
Taylor & Francis
, 2017 , Article)
The appropriation of the Western-dominant model of sport in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region was seen as a necessity, given the multiple uses of sport as an element in political, social, and cultural ...
The Arab region
(
Taylor and Francis
, 2017 , Book chapter)
[No abstract available]
Islam and Leisure
(
Palgrave Macmillan
, 2017 , Book chapter)
[No abstract available]
Research on sport and Islam: The way forward
(
Taylor & Francis Group
, 2015 , Book chapter)
[No abstract available]
Sport in Islam: The complexities, controversies and context
(
Taylor & Francis Group
, 2015 , Book chapter)
no abstract
Sport in the African World
(
Taylor and Francis Group
, 2018 , Book)
Sport has been a component of African cultural life for several hundred years. In today's globalized world, Africans and Africa have become a vital part of the international sporting landscape. This is the first book to ...
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 ...