First Qatar, Now Saudi Arabia: Time for Activists to Rethink
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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 5, 2023
- 6 min
A successful Saudi sports blitz takes more than money
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James M. Dorsey
- Jan 2, 2023
- 5 min
Ronaldo’s move to Saudi Arabia: A game of one-upmanship
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 12, 2022
- 41 min
FIFA Uncovered: A discussion with filmmaker Miles Coleman about his new Netflix documentary
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James M. Dorsey
- Sep 24, 2022
- 5 min
Public opinion surveys challenge the image Arab leaders like to project
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 31, 2022
- 5 min
Qatar World Cup: An unintended boon for the UAE
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 21, 2022
- 5 min
Saudi-Egyptian World Cup bid could make Qatar’s experience look like a cakewalk
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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 8, 2022
- 17 min
Munich gives way to Soccer v. Jihad
Launched 12 years ago, my column, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer, offers, to borrow a phrase from an early proprietor of The...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 30, 2022
- 5 min
Qatar World Cup offers lessons for human rights struggles
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James M. Dorsey
- Apr 3, 2022
- 5 min
The 2022 World Cup: Is Qatar Putting its Best Foot Forward?
By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story please click here. This is Qatar's year to put its best foot forward. A major...
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 5, 2020
- 2 min
JMD on NBN: Masters of the Pearl
Michael Quentin Morton Nov 3, 2020 / James M. Dorsey Masters of the Pearl A History of Qatar REAKTION BOOKS 2020 History is not the...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 14, 2018
- 5 min
Saudi Arabia drags geopolitical baggage on to the World Cup pitch
By James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia has much at stake when its national soccer team enters the pitch for the opening match of the 2018 World...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 6, 2018
- 5 min
Israel scores painful own goal in run-up to the World Cup
By James M. Dorsey Argentina’s cancellation of a friendly against Israel because of Israeli attempts to exploit the match politically is...
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James M. Dorsey
- May 28, 2018
- 5 min
2018 World Cup offers Chechnya opportunity to play Middle Eastern politics
By James M. Dorsey When strongman Ramzan Kadyrov last month opened The Local, a United Arab Emirates-funded luxury hotel in the Chechen...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 11, 2017
- 4 min
Soccer success has a price: Pressure builds to lift Egypt’s stadium ban
By James M. Dorsey With Egypt qualifying for World Cup finals for the first time in 28 years and a crackdown on militant soccer fans that...
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James M. Dorsey
- Sep 7, 2017
- 5 min
Iranian-Syrian World Cup qualifier ripples far beyond the pitch
Source: The Secret Life of Syrian Ultras By James M. Dorsey A nail-biting Iranian-Syrian World Cup qualifier has sent political ripples...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 30, 2016
- 5 min
Under pressure, Egyptian president promises change
By James M. Dorsey Faced with a drop in popularity, intermittent protests against rising prices, and calls for a mass anti-government...
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 19, 2015
- 5 min
Soccer: Jihadists seek to exploit widespread sense of abandonment
By James M. Dorsey Stadia have re-emerged as a preferred jihadist target in the wake of last weekend’s Islamic State (IS) bombing of the...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 6, 2015
- 5 min
Reforming soccer governance: Tackling political corruption alongside financial wrongdoing
By James M. Dorsey The mushrooming governance scandal in world soccer body FIFA increasingly spotlights political in addition to...
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James M. Dorsey
- Mar 13, 2015
- 5 min
International sports associations caught between $ signs and human rights ideals
By James M. Dorsey A just published study highlights how commerce and glitz are reinforcing support for autocracy by international sports...
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