The politics of football in the Middle East (JMD quoted in The National)
Algeria’s goalkeeper Rais M’Bolhi, right, and defender Aïssa Mandi, on the ground, after Germany scored their winning second goal on June 30. Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP
The politics of football in the Middle East
July 10, 2014 Updated: July 10, 2014 03:57 PM
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Only two teams from the Middle East made it to the World Cup but many Middle East fig…