Playing politics: the AFC gets tied up in knots
Two recent incidents involving the refusal of Arab teams to play their…
Turkey and Egypt: the battle to control dissent pitches fans against autocrats
Battles for the control of stadiums and other public spaces in Turkey…
Turkish stadiums: a contested political battleground
Last month’s opening of storied Istanbul soccer club Besiktas JK’s renovated…
Women: a benchmark of Saudi and Iranian reform
With Saudi Arabia announcing plans for a major restructuring of the kingdom’s…
Egyptian football fans set stage for growing anti-government protests
Militant, street battle-hardened Egyptian football fans set the stage for growing protests…
FIFA, human rights, and politics: one step forward, two steps back
World football body FIFA’s creation of a watchdog to monitor the living…
Saudi player’s public haircut spotlights kingdom’s existential dilemmas
Waleed Abdullah probably did not know what was happening to him when…
Amnesty International criticism returns Qatar to square one
A new report from Amnesty International slams Qatar for not living up…
ILO to Qatar: Put your money where your mouth is or else
The International Labour Organization has put Qatar on notice, by giving it…