4.8 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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This week we talk to Prof. 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.
We also have “Choice Words” about Serena Williams's retirement, incredible longevity, and unsurpassed dominance in her sport. We also have “Just Stand Up” and “Just Sit Down” awards to the NBA for taking a stand and providing calendar space for voting on the midterms this year and their attempt at controlling the tenor of politics coming out of the league. All that and more on this episode of The Edge of Sports Podcast!
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0:00.0 | Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron. |
0:14.0 | Ooh, we've been away a couple weeks. It's called Summer Baby. This week we are talking to the editor of the new book, Football in the Middle East, State Society and the Beautiful Game by Professor Abdullah Alarion. I'm so excited to speak to him. I can't even tell you. Also, I've got some choice words about Serena Williams, the true goat. As she winds up her career, I think she has had the greatest career in the history of sports. |
0:41.3 | And I'm going to make that case. |
0:43.3 | I've also got some more choice words. |
0:46.2 | You know what we should call this? |
0:48.5 | We should call this to just stand up and just sit down together. |
0:53.0 | All about the NBA's decision to not play games on Election Day |
0:57.2 | November 8th in order to help get out the vote. |
1:01.4 | This is going to be a great show. |
1:02.7 | I'm so glad to be back. |
1:03.8 | But first, you know, let's talk to Professor Abdullah Alarion. |
1:13.3 | All right, Professor Abdullah Alarion, thanks so much for joining us. |
1:17.8 | Happy to be here. |
1:19.2 | So why this book? |
1:20.6 | Let's start with that. |
1:21.6 | I mean, you are a professor who teaches a wide variety of subjects. |
1:26.3 | You've written books in the past about issues that have to do with Islam in the Middle East, in Egypt, of course. I mean, you've just written about a lot of eclectic subjects. Why did you focus in on football in the Middle East? |
1:42.8 | Well, I think on one level, obviously, when, you know, examining like how this project |
1:47.6 | came together, a lot of it was very much in response to kind of the recent interest and the |
1:52.7 | uptake of an interest globally around the question of football in the Middle East and looking |
1:56.9 | specifically around the question of the Qatar World Cup. |
1:59.8 | So now, like, all of, you know, |
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