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  • The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

    Global and Local Perspectives

    Edited by Nikolay Kozhanov, Mahfoud Amara, Mahjoob Zweiri ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    This book offers an in‑depth analysis of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The first World Cup to be held in the Middle East, this was a unique sporting mega‑event, and this book explores its wider significance across political, socio‑cultural, economic, organisational and historical dimensions.Featuring the work of an international team of researchers, this book includes local and regional ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Olympic Movement and the Middle East and North Africa Region

    Edited by Mahfoud Amara ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
    This book offers different insights into the study of the Olympic movement in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.It seeks to capture how political and cultural nation-state building and economic transformations are impacting the region’s engagement (and disengagement) with the Olympic movement and the Olympic Games, as well as Paralympic sports.This book was originally published as a ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Sport in Islam and in Muslim Communities

    Edited by Alberto Testa, Mahfoud Amara ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    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. Sport in Islam and in Muslim Communities is the first book to analyse this relationship through a pluralist lens, exploring the questions it raises about contemporary Islam, ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Sport in the African World

    Edited by John Nauright, Mahfoud Amara ...
    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 attempt to survey the historical, contemporary and geographical breadth of that landscape, drawing on multidisciplinary scholarship from around the world.To gain an understanding ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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  • Qatar

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  • Popular Culture and Political Identity in the Arab Gulf States

    Edited by Robert Springborg, Alsharekh Alanoud ...
    Series Book 6 - SOAS Middle East Issues S.
    As the Gulf assumes an ever more important identity in the global political economy, we see the emergence of a new popular and political culture underpinning its increasingly self-confident national identities. This volume explores the new dynamism of the Gulf, reflected not just in high-rise buildings and booming stock markets, but also manifested in the realms of art, ideas and expression, and ... Read more

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  • Qatar’s Nation Branding and Soft Power

    Exploring the Effects on National Identity and International Stance

    by Nawaf Al-Tamimi, Azzam Amin, Nourollah Zarrinabadi ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book examines how creating a national brand assisted Qatar in absorbing the shock and awe following the outburst of the crisis with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates in May 2017. The authors discuss the country's diplomatic performance, which was characterized by five main factors that helped Qatar to deal with the crisis successfully. These factors ... Read more

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    Managing People and Wealth

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  • Social Change in the Gulf Region

    Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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  • Architects Without Frontiers

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