- Center for International and Regional Studies
- Sports
A Century of Football in the Middle East
The panel will cover different developments in football in the region.
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The panel will cover different developments in football in the region from the foundations of the Egyptian league in the mid-twentieth century, to the challenges faced by Turkish women’s football, the role of Algerian football in the Hirak protest movement, and the emerging research in GCC fan culture.
Speakers
Ibrahim Elhoudaiby
Maher Mezahi
Simon Chadwick
Yagmur Nuhrat
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Center for International and Regional Studies, Ground Floor, Georgetown University in Qatar