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Identity politics shape Middle Eastern and North African soccer

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James M. Dorsey
Aug 20, 2012
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Hany Ramzy: The exception that confirms the rule

By James M. Dorsey

Hany Ramzy returned to Egypt from this month’s London Olympics a soccer hero and a model in a country and a region in which identity politics rather national identity often governs the beautiful game.

A Coptic Christian and one-time legendary national soccer team captain in a squad whose f…

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