{"id":10,"date":"2015-12-22T07:03:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T07:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:27:11","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/05\/download.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/05\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/05\/41uVluten1L-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/05\/41uVluten1L-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-496\" width=\"141\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/05\/41uVluten1L-1.jpg 333w, http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/05\/41uVluten1L-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/05\/41lw1MapFlL._SX312_BO1204203200_-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/05\/41lw1MapFlL._SX312_BO1204203200_-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-474\" width=\"146\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/05\/41lw1MapFlL._SX312_BO1204203200_-1.jpg 314w, http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/05\/41lw1MapFlL._SX312_BO1204203200_-1-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2025\/05\/9781003453246.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2025\/05\/9781003453246.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-786\" width=\"135\" height=\"203\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/05\/unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2021\/05\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-494\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background\"><strong>Single Authored Book<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\"><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (2012), Sport, Politics and Society in the Arab World, Palgrave Macmillan, Series: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/products\/Series.aspx?s=GCS\">Global Culture and Sport Series<\/a>, Hardback, ISBN: 978-0-230-30792-6, ISBN10: 0-230-30792-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background\"><strong>Edited book:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (regional editor for the middle east region), in Charles Parish, John Naurights (ed.) (2012) Sports Around the World, ABC-CLIO, ISBN: 9781598843002.<\/li><li>Alberto Testa and <strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (Ed.) (2015), Sport in Islam and Muslim Communities, London: Routledge.<\/li><li>John Nauright and <strong>Mahfoud Amara,<\/strong> Sport in African World (February 2018) Hardback: 9780815380641 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Sport-in-the-African-World\/Nauright-Amara\/p\/book\/9780815380641\">https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Sport-in-the-African-World\/Nauright-Amara\/p\/book\/9780815380641<\/a><\/li><li>The Olympic Movement and the Middle East and North Africa Region By:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownsbfs.co.uk\/Search?Author=Amara%2C%20Mahfoud%20%28Qatar%20University%2C%20Qatar%29&amp;fq=14120\">&nbsp;Amara, Mahfoud (Qatar University, Qatar)<\/a>(Edited by) Part of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownsbfs.co.uk\/Search?Series=Sport%20in%20the%20Global%20Society%20-%20Historical%20Perspectives&amp;fq=14120\">Sport in the Global Society &#8211; Historical Perspectives<\/a>&nbsp;series<\/li><li>The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar (2024) <em>Edited by Nikolay Kozhanov,&nbsp;Mahfoud Amara,&nbsp;Mahjoob Zweiri<\/em>, 2024 (Routledge: London) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781003453246\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781003453246<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background\"><strong>Academic refereed Journals Papers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong>, 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.<\/li><li><strong>M.Amara<\/strong>. Henry, I. Between globalisation and local modernity: The diffusion and modernisation of football in Algeria, Soccer and Society, Vol 5 No 1, 2004.<\/li><li>Ian Henry, Jin Liang, Kazuo Uchiumi, <strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (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.<\/li><li>Ian Henry; <strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong>; 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.<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (2005), A &#8216;Modernization&#8217; Project from Above? Asian Games &#8211; Qatar 2006, Sport in Society, Vol. 8, No. 3, September, pp. 495-516.<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (2006) Sport and Algerian Nationalism in the &#8216;Global&#8217; 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.<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (2006) Soccer, Post-Colonial and Post-conflict Discourses in Algeria: Alg\u00e9rie-France, 6 Octobre 2001, \u00ab ce n&#8217;\u00e9tait pas un simple match de foot \u00bb, International Review of Modern Sociology, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Autumn) , pp 217-239.<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong>, 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.<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (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<\/li><li><strong>Amara, M.<\/strong> and Henry, I.P., (2010) &#8221;Sport, Muslim Identities and Cultures in the UK, an Emerging Policy Issue: Case Studies of Leicester and Birmingham &#8221;, European Sport Management Quarterly, Special Issue: Sport Management Cultures, 10(4), pp 419-44<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> and Theodoraki, Eleni (2010) &#8216;Transnational network formation through sports related regional development projects in the Arabian Peninsula&#8217;, International Journal of Sport Policy, 2: 2, 135-158<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (2011): Football, the new battlefield of business in Algeria, The Journal of North African Studies, DOI:10.1080\/13629387.2010.536376<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong>, (2012) Football Sub-Culture and Youth Politics in Algeria, Mediterranean Politics, Volume 17, Issue 1 pp. 41-58<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong>, (2012) Women athletes in the 2008 Beijing Olympics: media accounts, The International Journal of Sport History, Volume 29, Issue 4, pp. 638-651<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (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.<\/li><li>Sang-Yeol Bang and <strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong>, (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.<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> , 2014. Sport and Political Leaders in the Arab world, Politique, Culture est Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 (publication of Centre d\u2019Histoire de Science Po) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-politique.fr\/index.php?numero=19&amp;rub=revue\">http:\/\/www.histoire-politique.fr\/index.php?numero=19&amp;rub=revue<\/a><\/li><li>Garcia, B and <strong>Amara, M<\/strong> (2013) <a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.lboro.ac.uk\/2134\/12394\">Media perceptions of Arab investment in European football clubs: The case of M\u00e1laga and Paris Saint-Germain<\/a>, <em>Sport&amp;EU Review<\/em>, 5(1), pp.5-20, ISSN: 2040-5847<\/li><li>Nassif, N and <strong>Amara, M<\/strong> (2015) Sport, policy and politics in Lebanon, International Journal of Sport Policy, ISSN: 1940-6940. DOI: 10.1080\/19406940.2014.914553.<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong>, (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<\/li><li>W Briki, <strong>M Amara<\/strong> (2017). Perspective of Islamic self: Rethinking Ibn al-Qayyim\u2019s three-heart model from the scope of dynamical social psychology. Journal of Religion and Health. DOI: 10.1007\/s10943-017-0414-0<\/li><li>Youcef Bouandel &amp; <strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (2021),\u00a0Moments and memories: football and state narratives in Algeria,\u00a0Pages: 1084-1094 | DOI: 10.1080\/14660970.2019.1680505<\/li><li><strong>Amara, M.<\/strong> Bouandel, Y. Algeria and the FIFA World Cup: between political legitimization and regional rivalry, Soccer and Society, 2022, 23(7), pp. 735\u2013746<\/li><li>\u0633\u064a\u0627\u0633\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u062d\u062b \u0628\u0648\u0635\u0641\u0647\u0627 \u0639\u0645\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0628\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0639\u064a\u064b\u0627: \u0645\u0642\u0627\u0631\u0628\u0629 \u0628\u0646\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u0631\u064a\u0627\u0636\u0629 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u062f\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0633\u0628\u064a\u0629 ,\u0627\u0644\u0639\u062f\u062f 57 \/\u00a0\u062f\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0627\u062aVolume 10-July 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/siyasatarabiya.dohainstitute.org\/ar\/issue057\/Pages\/art01.aspx\">\u0633\u064a\u0627\u0633\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u062d\u062b \u0628\u0648\u0635\u0641\u0647\u0627 \u0639\u0645\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0628\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0639\u064a\u064b\u0627: \u0645\u0642\u0627\u0631\u0628\u0629 \u0628\u0646\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u0631\u064a\u0627\u0636\u0629 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u062f\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0633\u0628\u064a\u0629 (dohainstitute.org)<\/a><\/li><li>Football in Algeria from the \u201cBlack Decade\u201d to the Hirak <em>In:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/merip.org\/magazine\/304\/\">304 (Fall\u00a02022)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/merip.org\/2022\/11\/football-in-algeria-from-the-black-decade-to-the-hirak\/\">Football in Algeria from the &#8220;Black Decade&#8221; to the Hirak &#8211; MERIP<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara <\/strong>(2022) The 19th Mediterranean Games, Oran 2022 and \u2018the New Algeria\u2019, Asian Journal of Sport History &amp; Culture, 1:3, 234-249, DOI:10.1080\/27690148.2023.2195388<\/li><li>Kamal Hamidou and  <strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (2024) Online Sources as Alternative Media for Sporting Events\u2019 Consumption in Algeria: Assessing Receivers\u2019 Gratifications Using TAM &amp; UGT Approaches, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/journal\/Asian-Journal-of-Sport-History-Culture-2769-0156?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6Il9kaXJlY3QiLCJwYWdlIjoicHVibGljYXRpb24iLCJwcmV2aW91c1BhZ2UiOiJwcm9maWxlIiwicG9zaXRpb24iOiJwYWdlSGVhZGVyIn19\">Asian Journal of Sport History &amp; Culture<\/a>\u00a03(1):1-21 DOI:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/27690148.2024.2304318\">10.1080\/27690148.2024.2304318<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> and Youcef Bouandel (2025) Living Football, Navigating Politics: Salah Assad\u2019s Life Story in Post-Colonial and Post-Conflict Algeria <em>The International Journal of the History of Sport<\/em>, 1\u201317. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09523367.2025.2479455 <\/li><li><strong>Amara, M.,<\/strong> Ahmad, N., &amp; Hamidou, K. (2025). Imane Khelif: Women\u2019s Boxing, Geopolitical Power and Gendered Media Narratives.\u00a0<em>The International Spectator<\/em>, 1\u201320. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03932729.2025.2594466<\/li><li><strong>Amara, M. <\/strong>(2025). Ghada Mahat: whistling against the odds\u2014female refereeing, gender dynamics, and resistance in Algerian\u00a0soccer.\u00a0<em>Sport in Society<\/em>, 1\u201316. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/17430437.2025.2590520<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background\"><strong>Guest Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">Mahfoud Amara, The International Journal of the History of Sport&nbsp; Volume 34, 2017 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/toc\/fhsp20\/34\/13\">Issue 13: Special Issue: The Olympic Movement and the Middle East and North African Region: History, Culture and Geopolitics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">Guest Editor, Sport and Communication in the MENA region and beyond, Asian Journal of Sport History and Culture, Vol. 3, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">Gest editor of \u201c Siyasat Arabia\u201d: &nbsp;The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, \u201c Sport and Politics\u201d, &nbsp;Issue 57, Jul, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background\"><strong>Non-refereed publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> and Mouloud Houaoura (2015), Fan violence and Social Change in Algeria, ICSS, July-August, Vol 3. pp 30-38.<\/li><li>Gharib Abdelrahim and <strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (2014) Ultras in Morocco, ICSS International Centre of Sport Security, July-August, Vol 2, pp-40-45.<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> 2014. Social impacts of sport in the Arab world, Afkar\/id\u00e9e (publication of the European Institute of the Mediterranean) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iemed.org\/publicacions-en\">http:\/\/www.iemed.org\/publicacions-en<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (2013) The Politicisation of Sport in the Arab World, ICSS International Centre of Sport Security, 1(1), pp.29-31.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong> &nbsp;(2008) Royaume-Uni : Le d\u00e9fi des refugi\u00e9s, Apels Magazine (Les Cahier de l&#8217;\u00e9ducation par le sport), &#8216;L&#8217;Europe des Diversit\u00e9s Mixit\u00e9, int\u00e9gration, discrimination, interculturalit\u00e9, les r\u00e9alit\u00e9s du sport en Europe&#8217;.<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong>, 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<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara,<\/strong> 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<\/li><li>Mahfoud Amara, What lessons we can take from the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. Gulf Insights No 53- December 2021. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qu.edu.qa\/static_file\/qu\/research\/Gulf%20Studies\/documents\/Gulf%20Insights%2053.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.qu.edu.qa\/static_file\/qu\/research\/Gulf%20Studies\/documents\/Gulf%20Insights%2053.pdf\">Link.<\/a><\/li><li>Mahfoud Amara, (2022). \u201cWhy football matters in Algeria\u201d. Redpepper Magazine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/why-football-matters-in-algeria\/\">https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/why-football-matters-in-algeria\/<\/a><\/li><li>Mahfoud Amara (2022) &nbsp;\u00ab&nbsp;MENA Sport&nbsp;\u00bb, Menelique Magazine. Editoriale #7: SPORT . <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menelique.com\/editoriale-7-sport\/\">https:\/\/www.menelique.com\/editoriale-7-sport\/<\/a><\/li><li>Mahfoud Amara and Youcef Bouandel, &#8220;The 2022 FIFA World Cup, between Soccer and Faith \u2013 English version&#8221;.&nbsp;<em>Bulletin de l&#8217;Observatoire international du religieux<\/em>&nbsp;N\u00b040 [en ligne], novembre 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/obsreligion.cnrs.fr\/bulletin\/the-2022-fifa-world-cup-between-soccer-and-faith-english-version\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/obsreligion.cnrs.fr\/bulletin\/the-2022-fifa-world-cup-between-soccer-and-faith-english-version\/\">https:\/\/obsreligion.cnrs.fr\/bulletin\/the-2022-fifa-world-cup-between-soccer-and-faith-english-version\/ <\/a> (see also version in French Translated by Anne Lancien-  Mahfoud Amara et Youcef Bouandel, &#8220;La coupe du monde 2022 de la FIFA, entre football et foi \u2013 Version fran\u00e7aise&#8221;.&nbsp;<em>Bulletin de l&#8217;Observatoire international du religieux<\/em>&nbsp;N\u00b040 [en ligne], novembre 2022. https:\/\/obsreligion.cnrs.fr\/bulletin\/la-coupe-du-monde-2022-de-la-fifa-entre-football-et-foi-version-francaise\/)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background\"><strong><u>Books Chapters<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li>Model of Sport in the Arab World: A European Approach? <em>Sarah Muhanna Al-Naimi and <\/em><strong><em>Mahfoud Amara<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>(2025)  Edited By Borja Garc\u00eda, Vanja Smokvina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/The-European-Model-of-Sport-Myth-or-Reality\/Garcia-Smokvina\/p\/book\/9781032665139\">The European Model of Sport: Myth or Reality? &#8211; 1st Edition &#8211; Borja Garcia <\/a><\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> and Youcef Bouandel (2025) China\u2019s Comprehensive Engagement with North Africa and Middle East: Economic, Political, and Sports Relations, In Global China and the Global Game in Africa:&nbsp;China-Africa Engagement through the Lens of Football Edited by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/utpdistribution.com\/search-results\/?contributor=jonathan-sullivan\">Jonathan Sullivan<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/utpdistribution.com\/search-results\/?contributor=tobias-ross\">Tobias Ross<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/utpdistribution.com\/search-results\/?contributor=angela-lewis\">Angela Lewis<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/utpdistribution.com\/9781636676494\/global-china-and-the-global-game-in-africa\/\">Global China and the Global Game in Africa<\/a>)<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;Gerard Akindes (2024) Chapter 12: Sports migration to Gulf Cooperation Council states: the intersection of economic growth and sport development, In Handbook on Sport and Migration Edited by Joseph Maguire, Katie Liston, and Mark Falcous DOI:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4337\/9781789909418.00020\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4337\/9781789909418.00020<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Amara, A.,<\/strong> Bouandel, Y. (2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/377761335_Why_Qatar's_hosting_of_the_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_matters?_sg%5B0%5D=dZbk13NGamVmWBaEeE2I5EmrESu3uFUNMPCvUwcoueN17iW8pdvM1Et5AP-Yp-H6wNpsufpvEWDZYEh5dx7EV7o4ZkzdTfPCYYWGsXh1.si3sDv4NdwJqvw3IO3vE7_tyzdyjuFFLHt_8DpUt1gdMjFV6i8HdzM5QZjKe_y6ByG-_GnuY6Pl4UZRG8kN_Sw&amp;_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6Il9kaXJlY3QiLCJwYWdlIjoicHJvZmlsZSIsInByZXZpb3VzUGFnZSI6InByb2ZpbGUiLCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6InBhZ2VDb250ZW50In19\">Why Qatar&#8217;s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup matters<\/a>. Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4337\/9781800885653.00048\">10.4337\/9781800885653.00048<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Amara, M.<\/strong>, Bonnefoy, P. (2023) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/379749156_Commentary_in_Arabic_or_in_Tigrinya_Football_fans_and_the_search_for_free_television_broadcasting?_sg%5B0%5D=jRKJjAobTqk9lJ9Zg722gQRfyB71yKBkxR0LmVrXCUX2ffffEshF4s3cQABhfCF6m43-lQ8LYPUPNafh3coWjI_5-SDlUTmVfUm4PVKR.8QBgXhEs0DcNLGrXAjOV2x_UQoFpxH9hf7-N-AhXXYiM5uZzjdQWV3HtP_nSa_e46cljfXtpgjwHwQWsGGEAbQ&amp;_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6Il9kaXJlY3QiLCJwYWdlIjoicHJvZmlsZSIsInBvc2l0aW9uIjoicGFnZUNvbnRlbnQifX0\">Commentary in Arabic \u2026 or in Tigrinya? Football fans and the search for free television broadcasting<\/a> <em>In book: Arab youths<\/em>. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7765\/9781526127464.00018\">10.7765\/9781526127464.00018<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Amara, M., <\/strong>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<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> 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. <\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> 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.<\/li><li>John McManus and <strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (2021) Sport at Home, Sport in the World: Evaluating Qatar&#8217;s Sports Strategy from above and below.  In Mahjoob Zweiri, and Farah Al Qawasmi. Springer Singapore.  <\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud.<\/strong> (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<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> 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. &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/9783110660883-000\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/9783110660883-000<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> 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.<\/li><li><strong>&nbsp;Amara, Mahfoud <\/strong>(2019), Sport in the Arab World, in International Sport Management, Edited by Eric MacIntosh, Gonzalo Bravo, and Ming Li, <a href=\"https:\/\/us.humankinetics.com\/products\/International-Sport-Management-2nd-Edition\">Human Kinetics.<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong> ( 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.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud. <\/strong>(2018).&nbsp; 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<\/li><li>Bouandel Y., <strong>Amara, M.<\/strong> (2018) Sport and Politics in Algeria, Palgrave International Handbook of Football and Politics, pp.327-402<\/li><li><strong>Amara, M<\/strong>. (2018). Tennis in the MENA region. Routledge Handbook of Tennis: History, Culture and Politics (Routledge International Handbooks). &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&amp;text=Carol+Osborne&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=Carol+Osborne&amp;sort=relevancerank\">Carol Osborne<\/a> (Editor), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8&amp;text=Robert+J.+Lake&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=Robert+J.+Lake&amp;sort=relevancerank\">Robert J. Lake<\/a> (Editor). &nbsp;https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Routledge-Handbook-Tennis-International-Handbooks\/dp\/1138691933<\/li><li>Kirstin Walseth and <strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (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<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (2017) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordscholarship.com\/view\/10.1093\/oso\/9780190608873.001.0001\/oso-9780190608873-chapter-10\">Sport Labor Migrant Communities from the Maghreb in the GCC<\/a>, in Zahra Babar (Arab Migrant Communities in the GCC), London:Hurst. DOI:10.1093\/oso\/9780190608873.003.0010<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong>, (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).<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (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.<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (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.<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (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<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong> (2015) Le Football dans le monde arabe : entre mondialisation est culture locale , in &#8220;Le Football dans Tous Ses \u00e9tats: Evolutions et questions d&#8217;actualit\u00e9s&#8221;, Directeur \u00e9ditorial : Didier Rey &amp; Bachir Zoudji , de boeack superieur.<\/li><li><strong>Mahfoud Amara<\/strong>, and Laurent Bonnefoy, (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.editionsladecouverte.fr\/catalogue\/index-Jeunesses_arabes-9782707177155.html\">Des commentaires en arabe.. ou en tigrinya ? Fan de football recherche diffusion t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e gratuite<\/a>. In Laurent Bonnefoy ; Myriam Catusse, (ed) <em>Jeunesses arabes: du Maroc au Y\u00e9men : loisirs, cultures et politiques<\/em>, La Decouverte, pp.114-124, ISBN: 9782707177155.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong>, (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.routledge.com\/books\/details\/9780415666619\/\">A post-colonial approach to sport policy: case study of the Maghreb region in North Africa<\/a>. In Ian, Henry; Ling Mei-Ko, (ed) <em>Routledge Handbook of Sport Policy<\/em>, Routeldge, pp.314-322, ISBN: 978-0-415-66661-9.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong> (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.routledge.com\/books\/details\/9780415886031\/\">The Political Economy of Sport Broadcasting in the Arab World<\/a>. In Scherer, J and Rowe, DD (ed) <em>Sport, Public Broadcasting, and Cultural Citizenship<\/em>, the Fourteenth Mediterranean Research Meeting, Routledge<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong> and Henry, I, (2012) Deconstructing the Debate around Sport and the &#8216;Question&#8217; of &#8216;Muslim Minorities&#8217; 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.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong>. (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.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong> (2011) Olympic Sport and Internationalism Debates in the Arab-Muslim World Between &#8216;Modernity&#8217; and &#8216;Authenticity&#8217;, &#8216;Globalisation&#8217; and &#8216;Localisation&#8217;. 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.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong>. (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.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong> (2010) The Middle East and North Africa, in Routledge Companion to Sport History, Pope SW and Nauright, J (Ed.), London: Routledge, 498-509.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong>, (2010) &#8221;An introduction to the study of sport in the Muslim world&#8221;, in Sport and Society: A student introduction (2nd edition), B. Houlihan (Ed.), Sage, London, 2008, 532-553.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong> and Henry, IP (2009) Vers une professionnalisation du football en Alg\u00e9rie: Discours sur les d\u00e9fis mondiaux et al\u00e9as locaux. In Dugas, G, Kessous, N, Margerrison, C, (eds) Alg\u00e9rie : Vers le cinquantenaire de l&#8217;Ind\u00e9pendance, Regards Critiques, l&#8217;Harmattan, pp.243-262.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong>. (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.<\/li><li><strong>Amara. Mahfoud<\/strong> (2007) Soccer, Post-Colonial and Post-conflict Discourses in Algeria: Alg\u00e9rie-France, 6 Octobre 2001, \u00ab ce n&#8217;\u00e9tait pas un simple match de foot \u00bb, in Leon Grunberg and Sunil Kukreja (editors), Discourses on the Beautiful Game. Ashwin-Anoka Press (New Delhi\/Kuala Lumpur).<\/li><li><strong>Amara. Mahfoud<\/strong> (2007), 2006 Qatar Asian Games: A &#8216;Modernization&#8217; Project from Above?, in Hong, F. (ed.) Sport, Nationalism and Orientalism: the Asian Games, (Series: Sport in the Global Society), Routledge, pp.89-110.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong>. (2005), &#8220;Global sport and local identity in Algeria: The changing roles of Football as a Cultural, Political and Economic vehicle&#8221;, in Mohammed Saad and Margaret A. Majumdar (eds.), Restructuring the Algerian Economy: Trends, Patterns and implications&#8221;, Bristol: Intellect Books, pp 145-158.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background\"><strong>Invited Books Reviewer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong>. (February 8, 2022).<a href=\"https:\/\/idrottsforum.org\/amamah_rommel220208\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/idrottsforum.org\/amamah_rommel220208\/\"> Important contribution which will enrich the growing literature on football in North African and Middle Eastern Societies, <\/a><em>Carl Rommel<\/em> Egypt\u2019s Football Revolution: Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics 278 sidor, hardcover, ill, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press 2021, ISBN 978-1-4773-2317-5<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong>. (2014) Said ZERZOURI: Le Sport au Maroc, L\u2019itin\u00e9raire du jeune champion en athl\u00e9tisme. European Studies in Sports History, Volume 6, 2014, pp. 147-149<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong> (2012) Moncef Alyazghi- Makhzanat Arriadah: Korat El-Kadam Namoudhajan [Makhzenization of Sport in Morocco: case study of football]; Youcef Fates&#8211;Sport et Politique en Alg\u00e9rie, The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 29, Issue 15, 2012, pages 2200-2203.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong> (2012) International Sport Management, Managing Leisure, 17(4), pp.1-2, ISSN: 1360-6719.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong> &nbsp;(2006) Roger Levermore and Adrian Budd (eds.),Sport and International Relations: An Emerging Relationship, London: Routledge, Sport in Society, 9(3), pp.480-501.<\/li><li><strong>Amara, Mahfoud<\/strong> (2008) Tamir Sorek&#8211;Arab soccer in a Jewish state: The integrative enclave, BRIT J SOCIOL, 59(1), pp.173-174, ISSN: 0007-1315<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Single Authored Book Mahfoud Amara (2012), Sport, Politics and Society in the Arab World, Palgrave Macmillan, Series: Global Culture and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":841,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}