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The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer

James M. Dorsey

Dr. James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, co-director of the University of Würzburg’s Institute for Fan Culture, and co-host of the New Books in Middle Eastern Studies podcast. James is the author of The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer blog, a book with the same title as well as Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa, co-authored with Dr. Teresita Cruz-Del Rosario and Shifting Sands,

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00:11:31

Qatar like Saudi Arabia and the UAE but unlike Kuwait...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2022/01/02

Qatar has begun to cleanse its schoolbooks of supremacist, racist or derogatory references as well as celebrations of violent jihad and martyrdom, according to a recently released study.

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00:09:33

Pakistan revamps education at the point of a gun

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/12/29

There is little indication that the government is doing anything but strengthening an education system that potentially constitutes a breeding ground for ultra-conservatism and radicalism in a region adjacent to Afghanistan where the Taliban appear bent on returning the country to a system that propagates similar values.

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00:09:14

Christmas arrives in Saudi Arabia as kingdom plays...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/12/26

Long banned, Christmas has finally, at least tacitly, arrived in Saudi Arabia; just don’t use the name in marketing or be ostentatious about your tree.

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00:07:46

Are Arab militias losing their usefulness for Iran

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/12/22

Iranian support for Arab militias has long threatened Iran's detractors, unable to develop an effective counterstrategy. Now, the tide may be turning.

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00:12:33

Qatar World Cup sparks culture controversies

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/12/19

Footballers with diametrically opposed views on homosexuality and alcohol consumption have sparked heated controversy about Islamic mores and human and workers’ rights in Qatar's final stretch in the run-up for next year’s FIFA World Cup.

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00:08:15

China’s BRI crown jewel joins the era of defiance and...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/12/16

The crown jewel of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) increasingly looks like a powder keg that has exploded.

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00:09:30

Playing cat and mouse-UAE energy company agrees to...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/12/13

Increasingly, compliance with US sanctions against Iran could emerge as a litmus test of the United Arab Emirates’ close ties to the United States.

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00:10:33

Saudi Arabia targets banned ultra-conservative...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/12/10

Saudi Islamic affairs minister Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz al-Sheikh has ordered imams in the kingdom to identify one of the world’s largest Muslim movements as misguided, deviant, dangerous, and a breeder of militancy.

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00:07:42

Pakistan slips on a slippery slope of religious...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/12/08

Whatever sparked the brutal mob lynching of a Sri Lankan accused of blasphemy , the government's response seemed aimed to project determination to tackle a festering problem. It is a claim that rings hollow, despite Prime Minister Imran Khan’s strong words, in a country where government policies are inconsistent or appear to even encourage religious ultra-conservatism and intolerance.

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00:10:33

Is the glass half-full or half-empty-That is the...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/12/05

A cursory look at Saudi Arabia and Iran suggests that emphasizing human rights in US foreign policy may complicate relations but has little impact on regional stability or the willingness of protagonists to reduce tension and manage conflicts when it is in their interest.

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00:11:13

Middle Eastern autocrats sigh relief-the US signals...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/12/03

The United States has signalled in advance of next week’s Summit for Democracy that it is unlikely to translate lip service to adherence to human rights and democratic values in the Middle East into a policy that demonstrates seriousness and commitment.

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00:10:59

Saudi religious moderation is as much pr as it is...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/11/30

Mohammed Ali al-Husseini, one of Saudi Arabia’s newest naturalized citizens, ticks all the boxes needed to earn brownie points in the kingdom’s quest for religious soft power garnered by positioning itself as the beacon of 'moderate,' albeit autocratic, Islam.

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00:07:43

Testing the waters-Russia explores reconfiguring Gulf...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/11/28

Russia hopes to blow new life into a proposal for a multilateral security architecture in the Gulf, with the tacit approval of the Biden administration.

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00:10:00

UAE chalks up diplomatic successes with uncertain...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/11/25

It has been a good week for United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed. Headline-grabbing, fast-paced moves reinforce the UAE's position as a regional power. They highlight the UAE's willingness to chart a course that increasingly competes with Saudi Arabia, the Gulf's regional behemoth; is at times at odds with US policy; and scoffs at assertions of human rights abuse by activists and Western politicians.

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00:09:06

Tackling migration crises-Fighting corruption may help

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/11/24

Twenty-three-year-old Mohamed Rasheed was at a loss after returning to Iraq from a grueling failed attempt to cross the Belarus-Polish border. “There’s no life for us here. There are no jobs; there is no future,” he told a Washington Post reporter. Mr. Rasheed was returning to a country whose population has largely been excluded from sharing in the benefits of its oil wealth. Youth unemployment hovers at about 25 per cent. Public good and services are poor at best. Security forces and militias

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00:10:34

Qatari World Cup sparks healthy controversy across...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/11/23

When seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton wore a helmet this weekend featuring the colours of the LGBTI Pride Progress Flag during the debut Qatar Grand Prix, he was challenging more than the Gulf state’s failure to recognise rights.So will the Danish Football Union (DBU), Denmark’s governing soccer body, that announced that its commercial sponsors had agreed to surrender space on training kits to allow for messaging critical of Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers.

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00:07:54

A new world: The Middle East tries cooperation...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/11/20

Just in case there were any doubts, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu demonstrated with his visit to Lebanon this week that improved relations between Middle Eastern rivals would not bury hatchets.

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00:11:07

Saudi keeps eye on religious ball in global...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/11/17

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has tamed his kingdom’s ultra-conservative religious establishment and made hyper-nationalism rather than religion a pillar of a new 21st century Saudi identity.But the first beneficiaries of a recent decree to give citizenship to high-end achievers in law, medicine, science, technology, culture, and sports suggests that Prince Mohammed, in contrast to the kingdom’s main competitors seeking to attract foreign talent that include the United Arab Emirates, Qatar

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00:09:35

Pulling back from the brink-Religious and ethnic...

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/11/14

The family of nations is balancing on the edge of an abyss as mushrooming religious and ethnic intolerance becomes the norm.

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00:09:14

Whither Muslim solidarity and moderation

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer ·

2021/11/11

Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki AlFaisal Al Saud must have gotten his tenses mixed up when he asserted in a recently published memoir that no one should underestimate the political importance of Muslims’ commitment to helping other Muslims.

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