CIRS Open House
On August 2, 2022, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) held an open house for GU-Q students, faculty, and staff to learn more about CIRS, the CIRS Undergraduate Research...
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The World Cup and the Utopian Promise of Upholding Human Rights
Central to issues of national identity and state-building, modern sports are not just about the physical activity of “playing the game,” they are also subject to the “politics of the game.” This is a...
View ArticleThe Gulf’s Future in International Sport Just Got a Big Boost (from Vladimir...
Aside from the increasing media attention towards the World Cup in Qatar, one of the most important international sports stories of the year, certainly for this region, broke last week in the world’s...
View ArticleThe Qatar World Cup, Vision 2030, and Women’s Empowerment
Prior to winning the bid for the 2022 World Cup, Qatar did not have a women’s national football team. In 2010, the same year that Qatar won the bid, the first female national football team was...
View ArticleFootball and Technology: The 2022 FIFA World Cup will be Qatar’s Chance to...
The upcoming World Cup in Qatar will be groundbreaking in many ways when the host nation takes on Ecuador on November 20 at the Al Bayt Stadium. Aside from being the first World Cup ever to be held in...
View ArticleThe 2022 World Cup, Post-Colonial Narratives, and Sports Diplomacy
On December 10, 2010, Qatar, a small, wealthy state in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), became the first Arab and Muslim country to be selected as the host of the FIFA World Cup. The Middle East is...
View ArticleQatar’s Foreign Policy and the 2022 World Cup
Blog 34 By Hissa Al-Kubaisi. After a bidding process that began in 2009 and ended in 2010, Qatar won the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Although this came as a surprise to many, Qatar had...
View ArticleWhat is Distinctively Qatari about the World Cup 2022? An Expat Perspective
Even though the World Cup 2022™ is a historic opportunity for the Middle East to leave its indelible mark on the history of football, the tournament has a distinctively Qatari flavor. The country’s...
View ArticleAnalyzing Arab-Israeli Tensions at the Qatar World Cup 2022
Despite the Israeli team not playing in the FIFA 2022 World Cup, the presence of Israeli sports fans and journalists has made some headlines. Although not all forms of activism have been permitted at...
View ArticleA Successful FIFA World Cup 2022: How Qatar Proved its Critics Wrong and Can...
Qatar has proved its critics wrong: the small state showed that it is capable of successfully organizing the world’s biggest sporting event, the FIFA men’s World Cup, after the setbacks of the...
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