Journeys to the ‘Other’: England fans’, Orientalism and the 2022 World Cup
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Published online on October 22, 2025
Abstract
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Volume 61, Issue 5, Page 1306-1324, August 2026.
This article examines how England football fans made sense of Muslims, Islam and the Arabian Peninsula in the context of the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup in Qatar. Drawing on Edward Said's (2003 [1978]) theory of Orientalism, it investigates whether ...
This article examines how England football fans made sense of Muslims, Islam and the Arabian Peninsula in the context of the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup in Qatar. Drawing on Edward Said's (2003 [1978]) theory of Orientalism, it investigates whether ...