Special Issue: Soccer in the Middle East
Soccer in the Middle East: an introductionAlon Raab
Race, Place and Soccer: Egypt, Morocco and ‘African’ identity in the competition to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Shaun T. Lopez
Playing for identity and independence: the issue of Palestinian statehood and the role of FIFA
Glen M.E. Duerr
A new heart for Turkish soccer: a virtue ethics diagnosis and treatment
Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza & Cem Kuleli
The view from the stands: life among Istanbul’s soccer fanatics
Elif Batuman
Reshaping the national bounds through fandom: the UltrAslan of Galatasaray
Adrien Battini
Spring forward: female Muslim soccer players in Iraqi Kurdistan
Geoff Harkness
A hobby or hobbling? Playing Palestinian women’s soccer in Israel
Kenda R. Stewart
Coverage of sports news in Filastin, 1911–1948
Issam Khalidi
Peace building? The coverage of Arab football players in the Hebrew sports media during the October 2000 riots
Chen Kertcher
Walls and goals: the Israeli–Palestinian encounter in football films and literature
Alon Raab
Lebanon: a country torn apart on the soccer pitch: James Montague
James Montague
From Terso into Ultras: the 2011 Egyptian revolution and the radicalization of the soccer’s Ultra-Fans
Shawki El-Zatmah
Syria
James Montague
