Pitched Battles: The Role of Ultra Soccer Fans in the Arab Spring

Dec 22, 2012

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PITCHED BATTLES: THE ROLE OF ULTRA SOCCER FANS IN THE ARAB SPRING* James M. Dorsey† For decades soccer has constituted an alternative public space in the Middle East. Largely unnoticed by internationalexperts, soccer provided a venue for the expression of pent-up anger and frustration against authoritarianism. By the time the Arab revolt erupted in Dec…

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