{"id":596,"date":"2022-12-25T08:33:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T08:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/?page_id=596"},"modified":"2026-02-28T13:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:54:22","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/fifa-world-cup-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- \n  FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 PAGE \u2014 REORGANIZED CONTENT\n  ================================================\n\n  HOW TO USE:\n  1. Go to WordPress Dashboard \u2192 Pages \u2192 FIFA World Cup 2022 \u2192 Edit\n  2. Switch to \"Text\" tab (not \"Visual\") in the editor\n  3. Select ALL existing content \u2192 Delete\n  4. Paste this entire code\n  5. Click \"Update\"\n\n  This reorganizes your content into clear, visually separated sections:\n  - Introduction\n  - Conference Presentations & Symposia\n  - Essays & Publications  \n  - Media Coverage (Press)\n  - Interviews\n  - Press Coverage (Arabic)\n--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Scholarly &amp; Media Activities<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">Welcome to my page summarizing some of my scholarly and media activities during and post the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><!-- SECTION 1: CONFERENCES & SYMPOSIA         --><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">&#x1f3a4; Conference Presentations &amp; Symposia<\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">ACRPS Sports, Politics, Society Symposium<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">Opening remarks and session one of the <strong>ACRPS Sports, Politics, Society<\/strong> symposium on &#8220;The Contribution of the Social Sciences to Studying Sports&#8221; with Haider Saeed and Mahfoud Amara, moderated by Amal Ghazal.<br \/>\n&#x1f3a5; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ArabCenter\">Watch on YouTube \u2014 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0643\u0632 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a Arab Center<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">Sports and Society in the Maghreb \u2014 LSE Middle East Centre<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> Tuesday 29 November 2022, 5:00pm \u2013 6:00pm<br \/>\n<strong>Host:<\/strong> Middle East Centre, London School of Economics<br \/>\n&#x1f517; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/middle-east-centre\/events\/2022\/sports-society-maghreb\">Event page (LSE)<\/a> | &#x1f3a5; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=718946325832299\">Watch recording (Facebook)<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">Sustainability of Mega-Events \u2014 University of Westminster<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> 14 November 2022 (13:00\u201314:30 GMT)<br \/>\nA discussion on whether the notion of a sustainable mega-event is an oxymoron, or whether these events can be aligned with sustainable urbanism. Speakers included Professor Martin M\u00fcller (University of Lausanne), Professor Eleni Theodoraki (University College Dublin), Dr. Mahfoud Amara (Qatar University), and Dr. Rutendo Musikavanhu (University of Westminster). Chaired by Professor Andrew Smith.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2023\/01\/westeminster-conference.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2023\/01\/westeminster-conference-959x1024.jpg\" alt=\"University of Westminster Conference\" width=\"388\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">University of Michigan \u2014 Invited Talk<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2025\/05\/1701722094417-Michigan-Uni.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2025\/05\/1701722094417-Michigan-Uni-791x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"University of Michigan Talk\" width=\"325\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><!-- SECTION 2: ESSAYS & PUBLICATIONS           --><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">&#x1f4dd; Essays &amp; Publications<\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">Peer-Reviewed &amp; Academic Essays<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Amara, M.<\/strong> (Fall 2022). &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/merip.org\/2022\/11\/football-in-algeria-from-the-black-decade-to-the-hirak\/\">Football in Algeria from the &#8216;Black Decade&#8217; to the Hirak<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Middle East Report<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/merip.org\/magazine\/304\/\">304 (Fall 2022)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Amara, M. &amp; Bouandel, Y.<\/strong> (November 2022). &#8220;The 2022 FIFA World Cup, between Soccer and Faith \u2013 English version.&#8221; <em>Bulletin de l&#8217;Observatoire international du religieux<\/em>, N\u00b040.<br \/>\n&#x1f517; <a href=\"https:\/\/obsreligion.cnrs.fr\/bulletin\/the-2022-fifa-world-cup-between-soccer-and-faith-english-version\/\">English version<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/obsreligion.cnrs.fr\/bulletin\/la-coupe-du-monde-2022-de-la-fifa-entre-football-et-foi-version-francaise\/\">Version fran\u00e7aise<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">Research Magazine<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Qatar University Research Magazine<\/strong>, Issue 17, May 2022 \u2014 Research and FIFA World Cup Supplement.<br \/>\n&#x1f517; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.qa\/static_file\/qu\/research\/magazine\/english-17.pdf\">Download PDF (qu.edu.qa)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/12\/image.png\"><img src=\"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/mamara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"QU Research Magazine Issue 17\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><!-- SECTION 3: PODCAST                         --><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">&#x1f399;&#xfe0f; Podcast<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Al Jazeera Podcast:<\/strong> FIFA History and Governance<\/p>\n<hr style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><!-- SECTION 4: MEDIA COVERAGE (INTERNATIONAL)  --><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">&#x1f4f0; International Media Coverage<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">Featured in the following media outlets:<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">English-Language Media<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/qatar-world-cup-2022-human-rights-labor-laws-football-emmanuel-macron-gianni-infantino\/\">How Qatar won the World Cup<\/a> \u2014 <em>POLITICO<\/em>, Ali Walker, 19 November 2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3495681\/2022\/08\/16\/qatar-2022-world-cup-stadiums\/\">Exploring Qatar&#8217;s eight World Cup 2022 stadiums and what fans can expect<\/a> \u2014 <em>The Athletic<\/em>, Joey D&#8217;Urso, 16 August 2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/12\/14\/crowd-trouble-mars-moroccan-world-cup-joy-in-paris-but-why\">Fears of trouble in Paris ahead of Morocco-France World Cup game<\/a> \u2014 <em>Al Jazeera<\/em>, Maher Mezahi, 14 December 2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/world\/qatar-gulf-rivals-2022-world-cup-western-criticism-arab-solidarity-1989152\">Qatar builds bridges with former rivals at 2022 World Cup<\/a> \u2014 <em>iNews<\/em>, Kieron Monks, 23 November 2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/innovation\/fifa-world-cup-in-qatars-ac-stadiums\">FIFA World Cup in Qatar: AC stadiums show how technology&#8230;<\/a> \u2014 <em>Interesting Engineering<\/em>, Baba Tamim, 21 October 2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/moderndiplomacy.eu\/2022\/12\/12\/qatar-world-cup-controversy-racism-and-our-orientalism\/\">Qatar World Cup: Controversy, Racism, and Our Orientalism<\/a> \u2014 <em>Modern Diplomacy<\/em>, Towkir Hossain, 12 December 2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/issafrica.org\/iss-today\/going-for-gold-africas-young-footballers-exploited-by-smugglers\">Going for gold: Africa&#8217;s young footballers exploited by smugglers<\/a> \u2014 <em>Institute for Security Studies<\/em>, Abdelkader Abderrahmane, 24 November 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">French-Language Media<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/coupe-du-monde-2022\/article\/2022\/12\/18\/avec-messi-et-mbappe-en-finale-le-psg-et-le-qatar-vainqueurs-incontestables-de-la-coupe-du-monde_6154914_6101826.html\">Avec Messi et Mbapp\u00e9 en finale, le PSG et le Qatar vainqueurs incontestables<\/a> \u2014 <em>Le Monde<\/em>, Cl\u00e9ment Martel, 18 d\u00e9cembre 2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesoir.be\/475215\/article\/2022-11-04\/mondial-2022-le-soft-power-du-qatar-sest-retourne-contre-lui\">Mondial 2022: le soft power du Qatar s&#8217;est retourn\u00e9 contre lui<\/a> \u2014 <em>Le Soir<\/em> (Belgique), Pauline Hofmann, 4 novembre 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">German-Language Media<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deutschlandfunk.de\/fangesange-ultras-politik-wm-100.html\">Fu\u00dfball in Nahost (4) \u2013 Fanges\u00e4nge als Protesthymnen<\/a> \u2014 <em>Deutschlandfunk<\/em>, Ronny Blaschke, 5 November 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">Vietnamese Media<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zingnews.vn\/nha-vo-dich-thuc-su-cua-world-cup-2022-post1384512.html\">Nh\u00e0 v\u00f4 \u0111\u1ecbch th\u1ef1c s\u1ef1 c\u1ee7a World Cup 2022<\/a> \u2014 <em>Zing News<\/em>, Ph\u01b0\u01a1ng Linh &amp; H\u1ea3i Linh, 19 December 2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zingnews.vn\/the-kho-cua-chu-tich-fifa-post1381268.html\">Th\u1ebf kh\u00f3 c\u1ee7a ch\u1ee7 t\u1ecbch FIFA<\/a> \u2014 <em>Zing News<\/em>, V\u00e2n \u0110inh &amp; H\u1ea3i Linh, 3 December 2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zingnews.vn\/lieu-thuoc-giai-trong-ky-world-cup-2022-post1384237.html\">&#8216;Li\u1ec1u thu\u1ed1c gi\u1ea3i&#8217; trong k\u1ef3 World Cup 2022<\/a> \u2014 <em>Zing News<\/em>, Ph\u01b0\u01a1ng Linh &amp; H\u1ea3i Linh, 14 December 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><!-- SECTION 5: ARABIC PRESS COVERAGE           --><!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left; 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