Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East
To cite this publication: Danyel Reiche and Tamir Sorek, eds., Sport, Politics and Society in the Middle East (New York, NY: Oxford University Press/Hurst, 2019).
Sport in the Middle East has become a major issue in global affairs. The contributors to this timely volume discuss the intersection of political and cultural processes related to sport in the region. Eleven chapters trace the historical institutionalization of sport and the role it has played in negotiating ‘Western’ culture. Sport is found to be a contested terrain where struggles are being fought over the inclusion of women, over competing definitions of national identity, over preserving social memory, and over press freedom. Also discussed are the implications of mega-sporting events for host countries, and how both elite sport policies and sports industries in the region are being shaped. Read more from Oxford University Press.