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nearly two-thirds of the global population within eight hours. With the blockade of Qatar by the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, the rivalry
between GCC countries moved from finance and trade, to the political terrain. This is reflected in
the sporting sector, including in Formula 1. Bahrain was the first in 2004 to join Formula 1 Circuit,
followed by Abu Dhabi in 2009. In 2021, both Qatar (Oreddoo Qatar Grand Prix in Doha) and
Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah) joined the list of hosts of Formula 1 races as
part of the Formula 1 strategy to expand internationally. Qatar’s BeIN Sports loses Formula 1
regional broadcast rights for the Middle East and North Africa to Saudi owned MBC Group.
Formula 1 is to be broadcasted by Saudi owned MBC Action Channel free-to-air up to 2023, as
part of Saudi Arabia and the UAE strategy to challenge Qatar’s dominance over sport TV
broadcasting in the region. This chapter explores these developments.
Youcef Bouandel and Mahfoud Amara, Why Qatar hosting the 2022 FIFA world cup matters?
(2024) In Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events, Edward Elgar Publisher
Edited by Harry Arne Solberg, NTNU Business School, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Rasmus K. Storm, Head of Research, Danish Institute for Sports
Studies, Denmark and Adjunct Associate Professor, NTNU Business School, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway and Kamilla Swart, Division of
Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin
Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
The aim of this chapter is to describe the importance of the FIFA 2022 World Cup for Qatar and
for the region, bridging between inside-outsider perspectives. A lot have been written about this
mega event being held in Qatar from outside and with some distance — geographically and
culturally. The chapter is written from the stand point of academics (non-Qataris) and observers
(outsider), living in Qatar (insider) for a number of years, having been witnessing the
transformation of the country, in relation to the planning and delivery of the event itself and beyond
with regards to internal societal dynamics and external geopolitical context.
(6) Mahfoud Amara, Sarah Muhanna Al-Naimi (2023) Geopolitics of Sport in the MENA
Region,in The Geopolitical Economy of Sport Edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Winddop, and
Michael
Goldman.
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/978100334823819/geopolitics-sport-mena-region-mahfoud-amara-sarah-muhanna-al-naimi
This chapter discusses the geopolitics of sport in the Middle East and North Africa regions. The
geographic, demographic, economic, religious, ethnic, and social contexts of the countries in the
region are explored. The chapter provides a historical discussion of sport in the regions while
highlighting important emerging themes, such as women in sport, elite sport, and modernization.
The Gulf Cooperation Council’s role in rivalry and hosting sports mega-events is discussed. The
chapter concludes with a reflection on the legacies of the region and the potential future
developments for nation-state building, identity formation, sport migration, and elite sport
development.
(7) Mahfoud Amara and Youcef Bouandel (2022) Culture and the World Cup: The Case of
Qatar. In The Business of the FIFA World Cup Edited By Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop, Christos
Anagnostopoulos, Daniel Parnell, Routledge.
The hosting of the World Cup is certainly a monumental achievement by the state of Qatar. Not
only it brings the country to more international exposure, and helps it rip the potential economic
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