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Football in the Middle East - State, Society, and the Beautiful Game (Paperback)
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Football in the Middle East - State, Society, and the Beautiful Game (Paperback)
Series: Georgetown University, Center for International and Regional Studies, School of Foreign Service in Qatar
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Far and away the most popular sport in the world, football has a
special place in Middle Eastern societies, and for Middle Eastern
states. With Qatar hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup, this region has
been cast into the global footballing spotlight, raising issues of
geopolitical competition, consumer culture and social justice.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book examines the
complex questions raised by the phenomenon of football as a
significant cultural force in the Middle East, as well as its
linkages to broader political and socioeconomic processes. The
establishment of football as a national sport offers significant
insight into the region's historical experiences with colonialism
and struggles for independence, as well as the sport's vital role
in local and regional politics today--whether at the forefront of
popular mobilisations, or as an instrument of authoritarian
control. Football has also served as an arena of contestation in
the formation of national identity, the struggle for gender
equality, and the development of the media landscape. The twelve
contributions to this volume draw on extensive engagement with the
existing body of literature, and introduce original research
questions that promise to open new directions for the study of
football in the Middle East.
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