1st Edition

Sport in the Middle East Power, Politics, Ideology and Religion

Edited By Fan Hong Copyright 2014
136 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. Our Games! The Pan-Arab Games (1953–1965) Luis Henrique Rolim Silva and Hans-Dieter Gerber

2. ‘Pioneer of Olympism in the Middle East’: Gabriel Gemayel and Lebanese Sport Andrea L. Stanton

3. Women in Management and Leadership in the Olympic Movement in Muslim Majority Countries: An Empirical Evaluation of Huntington's Clash of Civilisations Typology Shushu Chen and Ian Henry

4. The Sportification and Heritagisation of Traditional Turkish Oil Wrestling Birgit Krawietz

5. Out of Bounds: Cultural Barriers to Female Sports Participation in Qatar Geoff Harkness

6. The Establishment and Development of the Initial Physical Education Teacher's Training Programme for Women in Oman Yousra Al-Sinani

7. Book Reviews: Makhzanat Arriadah: Korat El-Kadam Namoudhajan [Makhzenization of Sport in Morocco: case study of football] and Sport et Politique en Algérie Mahfoud Amara

Biography

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.