Soccer’s Impact on the Middle East

Soccer’s Impact on the Middle East

Author and professor Abdullah Al-Arian joins the Edge of Sports podcast to talk about his new book, Football in the Middle East.

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This week we talk to professor Abdullah Al-Arian, editor of the new book Football in the Middle East, about everything from the Qatari World Cup to Palestinian soccer and resistance.

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Dave ZirinDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is the author of a new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn.


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