Center for International and Regional Studies, Sports

A Century of Football in the Middle East

Name: A Century of Football in the Middle East
Start: 2022-11-07T18:00:00+03:00
End: 2022-11-07T19:30:00+03:00
Location: Georgetown University in Qatar

07 Nov 2022 18:00 - 19:30

Speakers: Ibrahim Elhoudaiby, Maher Mezahi, Simon Chadwick, Yagmur Nuhrat

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.