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  1. The 19th Mediterranean Games, Oran 2022 and ‘the New Algeria’

    Article • Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture, September 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  2. Algeria and the FIFA World Cup: between political legitimization and regional rivalry

    Article • Soccer and Society, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  3. سياسة البحث بوصفها عملية مبنية اجتماعيًا: مقاربة بنائية للرياضة بين التعددية والنسبية

    Article • سياسات عربية, July 2022, The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  4. Place and Space of Global Sport in the Gulf Region: Promotion, Development and Identity Narratives

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  5. Sport at Home, Sport in the World: Evaluating Qatar’s Sports Strategy from Above and Below

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  6. Moments and memories: football and state narratives in Algeria

    Article • Soccer and Society, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  7. The Olympic Movement and the Middle East and North African Region

    Article • The International Journal of the History of Sport, June 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  8. Introduction

    Article • May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  9. Conclusion

    Article • May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  10. Sport and international relations in North Africa

    Article • May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  11. Algeria

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  12. The Arab region

    Article • December 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  13. Perspective of Islamic Self: Rethinking Ibn al-Qayyim’s Three-Heart Model from the Scope of Dynamical Social Psychology

    Article • Journal of Religion and Health, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  14. Islam and Leisure

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  15. Sport in Islam and in Muslim Communities

    Article • October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alberto Testa, Dr Mahfoud Amara

  16. Sport, policy and politics in Lebanon

    Article • International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  17. The Study of Discourse on Change in South Korean Football: Between Tradition and Modernity, from Colonial to Post-Colonial

    Article • The International Journal of the History of Sport, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  18. Sport and Political Leaders in the Arab World

    Article • Histoire Politique, January 2014, CAIRN

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  19. Sport, Islam, and Muslims in Europe: in between or on the Margin?

    Article • Religions, December 2013, MDPI AG

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  20. Makhzanat Arriadah: Korat El-Kadam Namoudhajan [Makhzenization of Sport in Morocco: case study of football]; Sport et Politique en Algérie

    Article • The International Journal of the History of Sport, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  21. International Sport Management

    Article • Managing Leisure, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  22. Veiled Women Athletes in the 2008 Beijing Olympics: Media Accounts

    Article • The International Journal of the History of Sport, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  23. Football Sub-Culture and Youth Politics in Algeria

    Article • Mediterranean Politics, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  24. Sport, Politics and Society in the Arab World

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  25. Introduction

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  26. Football in Post-Colonial and “Post-Conflict” Algeria

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  27. Sport and Development, or Development through Sport in the Arab World

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  28. The Arab World in the Global Sporting Arena: An Islamic Perspective

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  29. Sport Policies and Politics in North Africa

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  30. Deconstructing the Debate around Sport and the ‘Question’ of ‘Muslim Minorities’ in the West

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  31. General Conclusion and the Way Forward for Research on Sport in the Arab World

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  32. The Business of Sport in the Arabian Peninsula

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  33. The Growth and Challenges of the Sport Broadcasting Market in the Arab World

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  34. Football, the new battlefield of business in Algeria: Djezzy and Nedjma …RANA MĀK YA AL-KHDRA

    Article • The Journal of North African Studies, September 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  35. Olympic Sport and Internationalism Debates in the Arab-Muslim World

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  36. Sport, Muslim Identities and Cultures in the UK, an Emerging Policy Issue: Case Studies of Leicester and Birmingham

    Article • European Sport Management Quarterly, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  37. Transnational network formation through sports related regional development projects in the Arabian Peninsula

    Article • International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  38. Arab Soccer in a Jewish State: The Integrative Enclave – By T. Sorek

    Article • British Journal of Sociology, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  39. When the Arab World was Mobilised around the FIFA 2006 World Cup

    Article • The Journal of North African Studies, December 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  40. The governance of professional soccer: Five case studies – Algeria, China, England, France and Japan

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, December 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  41. A Typology of Approaches to Comparative Analysis of Sports Policy

    Article • Journal of Sport Management, October 2005, Human Kinetics

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  42. 2006 Qatar Asian Games: A ‘Modernization’ Project from Above?

    Article • Sport in Society, September 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  43. Between globalization and local ‘Modernity’: The diffusion and modernization of football in Algeria

    Article • Soccer and Society, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  44. The importance of culture

    Article • Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  45. A Post-Colonial Approach to Sport Policy

    Article • Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  46. An Introduction to the Study of Sport in the Muslim World

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Dr Mahfoud Amara

  47. Deconstructing the Debate around Sport and the ‘Question’ of ‘Muslim Minorities’ in the West

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mahfoud Amara