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About this book
There is a scarcity of sociological literature on the role and place of sport within the Arab World and the Middle East that centralizes a critical Muslim perspective. This is significant given both their immense geographical scope and the continued and emerging social and political issues within the Muslim world, in which sport and physical cultures play an important role. This timely edited collection responds to an ongoing need for a critical Muslim studies approach to sport and physical cultures in the Arab World, the Middle East, and North Africa.
In the tradition of a critical Muslim studies approach and bringing together a diverse community of scholars, both established and emerging, the chapters utilize sport and physical cultures as its entry point to interrogate and critique Orientalist, Eurocentric, and positivist understandings of Arab and Middle Eastern cultures and communities, engage with intersectional, postcolonial, and decolonial epistemologies to advance this mission, and illuminate and legitimize the sporting knowledge and experiences of those from physical cultures in these regions.
Prioritizing sociological analyses from sport scholars from regions which tend to be omitted within Western sport scholarship, Arab and Middle Eastern Sport situates both the scholars and communities discussed in the sociology of sport literature. Boasting a wide range of analyses, it is appealing to sport scholars from diverse interdisciplinary and methodological backgrounds.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Arab and Middle Eastern Sport
- Research in the Sociology of Sport
- Arab and Middle Eastern Sport: Critical Muslim Perspectives
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- Introduction: The Case for Arab, Middle Eastern, and Muslim Perspectives on Sport
- 1. A Tree Begins With a Seed: Muslim Women and Sport Governance in Oman
- 2. The Role of Football in the Algerian Independence: A Revolutionary Case of FLN Football Team
- 3. “This Is Now Morocco's World Cup!” Challenging Orientalist Portrayals of Morocco at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
- 4. “I Do My Duty of Praying, Fasting, and Staying Away From Sins”: A Qualitative Study Centering Muslim Palestinian Footballers
- 5. Gender-Washing or Gender Equity? Women and Sports in Contemporary Saudi Arabia
- 6. Football in the Shadow of Politics: Persian-Speaking Comments on Twitter/X Refusing the Iran Football National Team to S ...
- 7. ‘I Watch Women Struggle With Great Admiration and I Am Always Proud’: A Comparative Analysis of Women's Exercise and Spo ...
- 8. Postcolonialism, Community Building, and Safe Spaces: Sport-Based Interventions for Middle East and North Africa Refugee ...
- 9. Beyond the Fancy Headlines: A Bibliometric Exploration of FIFA 2022 Influence on the Middle East
- 10. Sultans of the Net: Media Framing of the Turkish Women's National Volleyball Team
- 11. Unraveling Iran's Sport Landscape in the Shadow of Political Control