Introduction: football as a source of cultural belonging and transformations in the Middle East and North Africa

This special issue is the result of a project that started in 2021 on football culture and religion in the Middle East.1 In 2024, we made a call for papers on the role of football as a force for cu...

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Soccer and Society
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2026-06-29
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https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2026.2694196
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Sports, Gender, and Society
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This special issue is the result of a project that started in 2021 on football culture and religion in the Middle East.1 In 2024, we made a call for papers on the role of football as a force for cu...

Soccer and Society
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NO), Loughborough University (GB), University of Oslo (NO), University of South-Eastern Norway (NO)
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