Sport in the Middle East

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Adalet Ve Kalkinma Partisi
Andrea L. Stanton
Arab Games
Birgit Krawietz
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cultural identity formation
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Fan Hong
Female Athletic Participation
Female Sports Participation
Football Affairs
Gender
gender and sport
Gender Equity Policy
Geoff Harkness
Hans-Dieter Gerber
Ian Henry
Identity
International Olympic Committee
IOC Meet
IOC Member
Islamic societies research
Luis Henrique
Mediterranean Games
Middle East
Middle Eastern studies
Muslim Female Athletes
Muslim Majority Countries
Olympic Community
Olympic Review
Omani Children
Omani Society
Omani Women
Pan-Arab Games history
Physical Education
Qatari Women
Rolim Silva
Shushu Chen
Socio-economic Development
Socioeconomic Development
Sport
Sport and Islam
sport and social transformation in Middle East
Sport and Society
Sultan Qaboos
Traditional Wrestling
West Germany
Western Sahara
women in physical education
Yousra Al-Sinani

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138950689
  • Weight: 249g
  • Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
  • Publication Date: 23 Jul 2015
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This collection provides interdisciplinary study of sport in the Middle East in the context of history, politics, policies, gender, religion, ideology and international relations. The chapters examine the role of the Pan-Arab Games in strengthening the bonds of Arab identity in Qatar, the contribution of sport to the building of nationhood and cultural image in Lebanon and Turkey, female involvement in the Olympic movement in Middle Eastern countries, how sport has facilitated the promotion of gender equality and how sport has served the social and cultural transformation of the Islamic world.

Study of the role and functions of sport in the Middle East in its historical, political and cultural context is long overdue. Based on recent research conducted by prominent young scholars in this field, this collection will inspire and stimulate the future development of research in the Islamic world.

This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.

Fan Hong is a Professor at the School of Asian Studies, University College Cork, Ireland. Her main research interests are in the areas of culture, politics, business, gender and sport.