When Friday Comes: Football, War and Revolution in the Middle East

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For eight years journalist James Montague travelled to every country in the Middle East uncovering stories about the beautiful game. Whilst the region has often been divided, football is at once its great uniting thread and a powerful social and political force too.

By observing the Middle East’s culture and politics through the prism of football, When Friday Comes uncovers how football distills something of the region's identity; its hope, dreams, flaws and strengths. The book also shows how football was an important factor in the Arab Spring; a space in civil society that allowed some to rise up against the dictators that had uncompromisingly ruled the region for the past four decades.

It is an adventure that began long before revolution swept the Middle East and sees Montague manning the barricades with Egypt’s football ultras, meeting Libya’s revolutionary national team players, chewing qat with the Yemeni FA and watching Hezbollah’s own football team in Lebanon.

It is a compelling journey that takes in every corner of the Middle East, providing a window on a misunderstood and complex region, from the terraces to the streets and beyond.

When Friday Comes will move football fans everywhere, and show how the Middle East might change football in the rest of the world forever.

Language: English

Pages: 388

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: August 28, 2008

When Friday Comes: Football, War and Revolution in the Middle East

James Montague

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When Friday Comes: Football, War and Revolution in the Middle East

When Friday Comes: Football, War and Revolution in the Middle East

When Friday Comes: Football, War and Revolution in the Middle East

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