Avant le début de COVID-19, un procès entre les titulaires des l’équipe féminine de football des États-Unis et la Fédération de football des États-Unis développait rapidement. Le groupe a reçu le statut d’une classe; elles réclament que elles suffrent les conditions de travail et à des salaires inégaux lorsqu’ils jouent pour leurs pays. Recennement, le… Read More »
When I introduce myself as a Manchester City supporter, I am often met with dirty looks. Perhaps due to the dominance of Manchester City over the last decade, I am accused of being a bandwagon fan. I will reluctantly admit that while there is some truth to this claim, I do not only root for… Read More »
The Iranian film Offside focuses on a group of dedicated female Iranian football fans desperately trying to get into a World Cup qualifier match. While the film misses much of the presumably exciting competition between Iran and Bahrain, it succeeds in emphasizing Iranian women’s place in their society outside of the immediate football stadium. The… Read More »
A week ago, The Independent published an update about Zahir Belounis, a French Algerian footballer who is being held in Qatar in “virtual captivity” due to the same kafala system of visa sponsorship blamed for the mistreatment of Nepali immigrant workers. Belounis played for the El Jaish club in Quatar and will not be allowed… Read More »
Depuis 2001, la grande majorité de discours au sujet de l’Afghanistan qui se passe aux Etats-Unis s’oriente autour du terrorisme et de la guerre. Ainsi, c’est parfois trop facile de penser que l’Afghanistan est un terrain vague, une zone de combat sous l’influence des barbares. Cette perception de l’Afghanistan est malheureusement incorrecte ; la moindre des choses, c’est… Read More »
(This piece was originally published in the April 2013 issue of the Chimurenga Chronic) A spectre is haunting European football – the spectre of Qatar. No holy alliance has emerged to respond to this rising power; indeed, it has been embraced by both established luminaries (Barcelona, Zidane) and by (hopeful) rising stars, such as the… Read More »
(Article cross-posted from “Muslim Feminisms” forum at The Feminist Wire) Members of the Iranian National Women’s Football team (Source: FIFPro) On Friday, July 6, the French Football Federation announced that it would ban the wearing of hijab during all organized competitions held in France. The Federation declared that in doing so it was fulfilling… Read More »
Since its founding in 1907, Al Ahly S.C. has been known as ‘the people’s club,’ representing resistance against the many forms of colonialism that have long plagued the African continent. Initially the first sporting club to allow Egyptians to join, Al Ahly remains the most popular of Egyptian teams, wearing to this day the red… Read More »
There were several interesting reports this week about the fact that some of the best organized and most effective groups involved in the protests in Egypt came from what some saw as a surprising place: football fan groups. As a report on Gawker noted: “When asked about the role of political groups in organizing protests,… Read More »
A student posted a link on my “Global France” blog about a fascinating football tournament organized in Lebanon recently as a way of commemorating, but also burying, the wars that tore about the country starting in the 1970s. You can read her post here, and the full story here. Interestingly, while the match was intended… Read More »
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