• Hisham Aïdi

Morocco’s World Cup heroics are forging a new, dissident Third-World solidarity, reflecting the multifaceted nature of Moroccan identity itself: simultaneously Arab, African, and Amazigh.

• Austin Corona

Raja Casablanca's fan clubs are well organized, politically active and occasionally violent.

• Ronnie Close

The author of a book on football and revolution in Egypt gives us a list of must reads on football in the Middle East and North Africa.

• David Klassen

Football and neoliberal repression go together in Egypt.

• Abderrahim Bourkia

Ultras or extreme fans of football clubs in Morocco use their collective identity to push for social and political demands.

• Sean Jacobs

Our latest Weekend Special includes a lot of football (soccer) and that the United States is “the most Africanized nation in the Western world.”