Publications

Single Authored Book

Mahfoud Amara (2012), Sport, Politics and Society in the Arab World, Palgrave Macmillan, Series: Global Culture and Sport Series, Hardback, ISBN: 978-0-230-30792-6, ISBN10: 0-230-30792-2.

Edited book:

Academic refereed Journals Papers

  • Mahfoud Amara, Mansour Al-Tauqi, Ian Henry: Sport, Arab nationalism and the Pan-Arab Games, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Volume 38 Number 3, October 2003.
  • M.Amara. Henry, I. Between globalisation and local modernity: The diffusion and modernisation of football in Algeria, Soccer and Society, Vol 5 No 1, 2004.
  • Ian Henry, Jin Liang, Kazuo Uchiumi, Mahfoud Amara (2005), The Roles of the State in the Changing Governance of Professional Soccer: Four Case Studies, European Journal of Sport Science, December; 5(4): pp. 189-206.
  • Ian Henry; Mahfoud Amara; Mansour Al-Tauqi; Ping Chao Lee (2005), A Typology of Approaches to Comparative Analysis of Sports Policy, Journal of Sport Management, 19 (4), September, pp. 480 -496.
  • Mahfoud Amara (2005), A ‘Modernization’ Project from Above? Asian Games – Qatar 2006, Sport in Society, Vol. 8, No. 3, September, pp. 495-516.
  • Mahfoud Amara (2006) Sport and Algerian Nationalism in the ‘Global’ era: within and beyond the nation-state, Francophone and Postcolonial Studies (FPS), Society for Francophone and Postcolonial Studies, Volume 4, Number 1, pp.88-115.
  • Mahfoud Amara (2006) Soccer, Post-Colonial and Post-conflict Discourses in Algeria: Algérie-France, 6 Octobre 2001, « ce n’était pas un simple match de foot », International Review of Modern Sociology, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Autumn) , pp 217-239.
  • Mahfoud Amara, When the Arab world was mobilised around the FIFA 2006 World Cup, The Journal of North African Studies (forthcoming) Vol. 12, No. 4, December 2007.
  • Mahfoud Amara (2008) The Muslim World in the Global Sporting Arena, The Brown Journal of World Affairs, Volume 14, Issue 2, Spring / Summer 2008, pp.67-76
  • Amara, M. and Henry, I.P., (2010) ”Sport, Muslim Identities and Cultures in the UK, an Emerging Policy Issue: Case Studies of Leicester and Birmingham ”, European Sport Management Quarterly, Special Issue: Sport Management Cultures, 10(4), pp 419-44
  • Mahfoud Amara and Theodoraki, Eleni (2010) ‘Transnational network formation through sports related regional development projects in the Arabian Peninsula’, International Journal of Sport Policy, 2: 2, 135-158
  • Mahfoud Amara (2011): Football, the new battlefield of business in Algeria, The Journal of North African Studies, DOI:10.1080/13629387.2010.536376
  • Mahfoud Amara, (2012) Football Sub-Culture and Youth Politics in Algeria, Mediterranean Politics, Volume 17, Issue 1 pp. 41-58
  • Mahfoud Amara, (2012) Women athletes in the 2008 Beijing Olympics: media accounts, The International Journal of Sport History, Volume 29, Issue 4, pp. 638-651
  • Mahfoud Amara (2013) Sport, Islam, and Muslims in Europe: in between or on the Margin?, Religions, 4(4), pp.644-656, Full text: http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/4/4/644. DOI: 10.3390/rel4040644.
  • Sang-Yeol Bang and Mahfoud Amara, (2014) The Study of Discourse on Change in South Korean Football: Between Tradition and Modernity, from Colonial to Post-Colonial, The International Journal of the History of Sport, 31(1), pp.1-19.
  • Mahfoud Amara , 2014. Sport and Political Leaders in the Arab world, Politique, Culture est Société (publication of Centre d’Histoire de Science Po) http://www.histoire-politique.fr/index.php?numero=19&rub=revue
  • Garcia, B and Amara, M (2013) Media perceptions of Arab investment in European football clubs: The case of Málaga and Paris Saint-Germain, Sport&EU Review, 5(1), pp.5-20, ISSN: 2040-5847
  • Nassif, N and Amara, M (2015) Sport, policy and politics in Lebanon, International Journal of Sport Policy, ISSN: 1940-6940. DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2014.914553.
  • Mahfoud Amara, (2016) Sport in the Arab World in Postcolonial Context, Cairo Papers of Social Sciences, Special issue: Sport and Society in the Middle East, Nicholas .S. Hopkins and Sandrin Gamblin (eds), pp.48-63
  • W Briki, M Amara (2017). Perspective of Islamic self: Rethinking Ibn al-Qayyim’s three-heart model from the scope of dynamical social psychology. Journal of Religion and Health. DOI: 10.1007/s10943-017-0414-0
  • Youcef Bouandel & Mahfoud Amara (2021), Moments and memories: football and state narratives in Algeria, Pages: 1084-1094 | DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2019.1680505
  • Amara, M. Bouandel, Y. Algeria and the FIFA World Cup: between political legitimization and regional rivalry, Soccer and Society, 2022, 23(7), pp. 735–746
  • سياسة البحث بوصفها عملية مبنية اجتماعيًا: مقاربة بنائية للرياضة بين التعددية والنسبية ,العدد 57 / دراساتVolume 10-July 2022 سياسة البحث بوصفها عملية مبنية اجتماعيًا: مقاربة بنائية للرياضة بين التعددية والنسبية (dohainstitute.org)
  • Football in Algeria from the “Black Decade” to the Hirak In: 304 (Fall 2022), Football in Algeria from the “Black Decade” to the Hirak – MERIP
  • Mahfoud Amara (2022) The 19th Mediterranean Games, Oran 2022 and ‘the New Algeria’, Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture, 1:3, 234-249, DOI:10.1080/27690148.2023.2195388

Guest Editor

Mahfoud Amara, The International Journal of the History of Sport  Volume 34, 2017 – Issue 13: Special Issue: The Olympic Movement and the Middle East and North African Region: History, Culture and Geopolitics

Guest Editor, Sport and Communication in the MENA region and beyond, Asian Journal of Sport History and Culture, Vol. 3, 2023

Gest editor of “ Siyasat Arabia”:  The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, “ Sport and Politics”,  Issue 57, Jul, 2022

Non-refereed publications

  • Mahfoud Amara and Mouloud Houaoura (2015), Fan violence and Social Change in Algeria, ICSS, July-August, Vol 3. pp 30-38.
  • Gharib Abdelrahim and Mahfoud Amara (2014) Ultras in Morocco, ICSS International Centre of Sport Security, July-August, Vol 2, pp-40-45.
  • Mahfoud Amara 2014. Social impacts of sport in the Arab world, Afkar/idée (publication of the European Institute of the Mediterranean) http://www.iemed.org/publicacions-en
  • Mahfoud Amara (2013) The Politicisation of Sport in the Arab World, ICSS International Centre of Sport Security, 1(1), pp.29-31.
  • Amara, Mahfoud  (2008) Royaume-Uni : Le défi des refugiés, Apels Magazine (Les Cahier de l’éducation par le sport), ‘L’Europe des Diversités Mixité, intégration, discrimination, interculturalité, les réalités du sport en Europe’.
  • Mahfoud Amara, Football and politics: when Algeria won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, The Conversations (August 4, 2021), https://theconversation.com/football-and-politics-when-algeria-won-the-2019-africa-cup-of-nations-141158
  • Mahfoud Amara, The World Cup is a Chance to talk about African Identities and Unity, The Conversations (June 18, 2018) https://theconversation.com/the-world-cup-is-a-chance-to-talk-about-african-identities-and-unity-98391
  • Mahfoud Amara, What lessons we can take from the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. Gulf Insights No 53- December 2021. Link.
  • Mahfoud Amara, (2022). “Why football matters in Algeria”. Redpepper Magazine. https://www.redpepper.org.uk/why-football-matters-in-algeria/
  • Mahfoud Amara (2022)  « MENA Sport », Menelique Magazine. Editoriale #7: SPORT . https://www.menelique.com/editoriale-7-sport/
  • Mahfoud Amara and Youcef Bouandel, “The 2022 FIFA World Cup, between Soccer and Faith – English version”. Bulletin de l’Observatoire international du religieux N°40 [en ligne], novembre 2022. https://obsreligion.cnrs.fr/bulletin/the-2022-fifa-world-cup-between-soccer-and-faith-english-version/ (see also version in French Translated by Anne Lancien- Mahfoud Amara et Youcef Bouandel, “La coupe du monde 2022 de la FIFA, entre football et foi – Version française”. Bulletin de l’Observatoire international du religieux N°40 [en ligne], novembre 2022. https://obsreligion.cnrs.fr/bulletin/la-coupe-du-monde-2022-de-la-fifa-entre-football-et-foi-version-francaise/)

Books Chapters

  • Amara, M., Bouandel, Y. (2023). Motor Sport in the Middle East: Regional Rivalries, Business and Politics in the Arabian Gulf. In: Sturm, D., Wagg, S., Andrews, D.L. (eds) The History and Politics of Motor Racing. Global Culture and Sport Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22825-4_27
  • Mahfoud Amara and Sara Mehanna Al-Naimi (2023) Geopolitics of Sport in the MENA Region, in The Geopolitical Economy of Sport Edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Winddop, and Michael Goldman. London: Routledge.
  • Mahfoud Amara and Youcef Bouandel (2022) Culture and the World Cup: The Case of Qatar. In The Business of the FIFA World Cup, Chadwick. S, Widdop.P, Anagnostopolous. C, Parnell, D. (Eds), London: Routledge.
  • John McManus and Mahfoud Amara (2021) Sport at Home, Sport in the World: Evaluating Qatar’s Sports Strategy from above and below. In Mahjoob Zweiri, and Farah Al Qawasmi. Springer Singapore.
  • Amara, Mahfoud. (2021) Place and Space of Global Sport in the Gulf Region: Promotion, Development and Identity Narratives. In: Azzali S., Mazzetto S., Petruccioli A. (eds) Urban Challenges in the Globalizing Middle-East. The Urban Book Series. Springer
  • Mahfoud Amara and Kamal Hamidou (2021) Sport Communication and the Politics of Identity in the MENA region, in Communication and Sport Edited by Michael L. Butterworth, De Gruyter.  https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110660883-000
  • Mahfoud Amara and Wadih Ishac, Sport and Development in Qatar, International dynamics of sport mega-event (2021) in Cem Tinaz, Brendon Knott (eds.) Sport and Development in Emerging Nations, London: Routledge.
  •  Amara, Mahfoud (2019), Sport in the Arab World, in International Sport Management, Edited by Eric MacIntosh, Gonzalo Bravo, and Ming Li, Human Kinetics.
  • Amara, Mahfoud ( 2019) Sports and the Media in the Arab World, in The Business and Culture of Sports: Society, Politics, Economy, Environment, 1st Edition, Joseph Maguire, Mark Falcous, Katie Liston. Macmillan Reference USA.                       
  • Amara, Mahfoud. (2018).  Physical Activity and Practice in the Arab World. Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity Policy and Practice Routledge International Handbooks. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Routledge-Handbook-Physical-International-Handbooks/dp/1138943088
  • Bouandel Y., Amara, M. (2018) Sport and Politics in Algeria, Palgrave International Handbook of Football and Politics, pp.327-402
  • Amara, M. (2018). Tennis in the MENA region. Routledge Handbook of Tennis: History, Culture and Politics (Routledge International Handbooks).  Carol Osborne (Editor), Robert J. Lake (Editor).  https://www.amazon.com/Routledge-Handbook-Tennis-International-Handbooks/dp/1138691933
  • Kirstin Walseth and Mahfoud Amara (2017), Leisure and Islam, in Erin Sharp, Spracklen Karl, Swain Spencer, Lashua Brett (Eds.), Palgrave Handbook of Leisure Theory. Pages 19-34. http://www.palgrave.com/br/book/9781137564788
  • Mahfoud Amara (2017) Sport Labor Migrant Communities from the Maghreb in the GCC, in Zahra Babar (Arab Migrant Communities in the GCC), London:Hurst. DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190608873.003.0010
  • Mahfoud Amara, (2016) Sport and Muslims or Muslims in Sport, Post-9/11, in Routledge Handbook of Sport, Race and Ethnicity (Routledge International Handbooks) by John Nauright and David K Wiggins (Eds).
  • Mahfoud Amara (2016) Football in West Asia, in the Handbook of Football Studies (editors John Hughson, Joseph Maguire, Ramon Spaaij and Kevin Moore). London:Routledge, pp 402-411.
  • Mahfoud Amara (2016) Sport and Development in the Arab World, between Modernity and Authenticity, in Houlihan, B. and Malcom, D., Sport and Society: Student Introduction, 3rd Edition (London:Sage), pp.514-532.
  • Mahfoud Amara (2016) Sport and Politics in the Arab World, in Routledge Handbook of Sport and Politics, Bairner, A. Kelly, J. Lee. WJ. (eds), London:Routledge, 129-136
  • Mahfoud Amara (2015) Le Football dans le monde arabe : entre mondialisation est culture locale , in “Le Football dans Tous Ses états: Evolutions et questions d’actualités”, Directeur éditorial : Didier Rey & Bachir Zoudji , de boeack superieur.
  • Mahfoud Amara, and Laurent Bonnefoy, (2013) Des commentaires en arabe.. ou en tigrinya ? Fan de football recherche diffusion télévisée gratuite. In Laurent Bonnefoy ; Myriam Catusse, (ed) Jeunesses arabes: du Maroc au Yémen : loisirs, cultures et politiques, La Decouverte, pp.114-124, ISBN: 9782707177155.
  • Amara, Mahfoud, (2013) A post-colonial approach to sport policy: case study of the Maghreb region in North Africa. In Ian, Henry; Ling Mei-Ko, (ed) Routledge Handbook of Sport Policy, Routeldge, pp.314-322, ISBN: 978-0-415-66661-9.
  • Amara, Mahfoud (2013) The Political Economy of Sport Broadcasting in the Arab World. In Scherer, J and Rowe, DD (ed) Sport, Public Broadcasting, and Cultural Citizenship, the Fourteenth Mediterranean Research Meeting, Routledge
  • Amara, Mahfoud and Henry, I, (2012) Deconstructing the Debate around Sport and the ‘Question’ of ‘Muslim Minorities’ in the West. In Max,Farrar; Simon,Robinson; Yasmin,Valli; Paul, Wetherly, (ed) Islam in the West: Key Issues in Multiculturalism, Palgrave, pp.138-153.
  • Amara, Mahfoud. (2011), The Importance of Culture: Sport and Development in the Arab World-Between Tradition and Modernity, in Houlihan and Green (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Sport Development, (Routledge: London and New York), pp. 114-126.
  • Amara, Mahfoud (2011) Olympic Sport and Internationalism Debates in the Arab-Muslim World Between ‘Modernity’ and ‘Authenticity’, ‘Globalisation’ and ‘Localisation’. In Preuss, HVH and eds, KL (ed) Internationalism in the Olympic Movement, Idea and Reality between Nations, Cultures, and People, School of Government and International Affairs, VS Verlag, pp.37-52.
  • Amara, Mahfoud. (2011), The Importance of Culture: Sport and Development in the Arab World-Between Tradition and Modernity, in Houlihan and Green (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Sport Development, (Routledge: London and New York), pp. 114-126.
  • Amara, Mahfoud (2010) The Middle East and North Africa, in Routledge Companion to Sport History, Pope SW and Nauright, J (Ed.), London: Routledge, 498-509.
  • Amara, Mahfoud, (2010) ”An introduction to the study of sport in the Muslim world”, in Sport and Society: A student introduction (2nd edition), B. Houlihan (Ed.), Sage, London, 2008, 532-553.
  • Amara, Mahfoud and Henry, IP (2009) Vers une professionnalisation du football en Algérie: Discours sur les défis mondiaux et aléas locaux. In Dugas, G, Kessous, N, Margerrison, C, (eds) Algérie : Vers le cinquantenaire de l’Indépendance, Regards Critiques, l’Harmattan, pp.243-262.
  • Amara, Mahfoud. (2007) Discourses on Modern Sport and Values in a Non-western Context: a Case Study of Algeria in Henry, I (Ed.), Transnational and Comparative Research in Sport: Globalisation, Governance and Sport Policy, Routledge.
  • Amara. Mahfoud (2007) Soccer, Post-Colonial and Post-conflict Discourses in Algeria: Algérie-France, 6 Octobre 2001, « ce n’était pas un simple match de foot », in Leon Grunberg and Sunil Kukreja (editors), Discourses on the Beautiful Game. Ashwin-Anoka Press (New Delhi/Kuala Lumpur).
  • Amara. Mahfoud (2007), 2006 Qatar Asian Games: A ‘Modernization’ Project from Above?, in Hong, F. (ed.) Sport, Nationalism and Orientalism: the Asian Games, (Series: Sport in the Global Society), Routledge, pp.89-110.
  • Amara, Mahfoud. (2005), “Global sport and local identity in Algeria: The changing roles of Football as a Cultural, Political and Economic vehicle”, in Mohammed Saad and Margaret A. Majumdar (eds.), Restructuring the Algerian Economy: Trends, Patterns and implications”, Bristol: Intellect Books, pp 145-158.

Invited Books Reviewer

  • Amara, Mahfoud. (February 8, 2022). Important contribution which will enrich the growing literature on football in North African and Middle Eastern Societies, Carl Rommel Egypt’s Football Revolution: Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics 278 sidor, hardcover, ill, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press 2021, ISBN 978-1-4773-2317-5
  • Amara, Mahfoud. (2014) Said ZERZOURI: Le Sport au Maroc, L’itinéraire du jeune champion en athlétisme. European Studies in Sports History, Volume 6, 2014, pp. 147-149
  • Amara, Mahfoud (2012) Moncef Alyazghi- Makhzanat Arriadah: Korat El-Kadam Namoudhajan [Makhzenization of Sport in Morocco: case study of football]; Youcef Fates–Sport et Politique en Algérie, The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 29, Issue 15, 2012, pages 2200-2203.
  • Amara, Mahfoud (2012) International Sport Management, Managing Leisure, 17(4), pp.1-2, ISSN: 1360-6719.
  • Amara, Mahfoud  (2006) Roger Levermore and Adrian Budd (eds.),Sport and International Relations: An Emerging Relationship, London: Routledge, Sport in Society, 9(3), pp.480-501.
  • Amara, Mahfoud (2008) Tamir Sorek–Arab soccer in a Jewish state: The integrative enclave, BRIT J SOCIOL, 59(1), pp.173-174, ISSN: 0007-1315