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This chapter first examines sport in relation to nation-state formation and ideologies of development in the Arab world. The Pan-Arab Games and Pan-Islamic Games are illustrative examples of the Arab world’s engagement with Islamic values and secular ideologies, including modern sport. The next section explores the increasing adoption by Arab countries of the strategy of development through sport in bidding for, and staging, mega-sport events as a scheme for urban regeneration, for strengthening internal and external political legitimacy and for integrating the commercial values of sport.
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Amara, M. (2012). Sport and Development, or Development through Sport in the Arab World. In: Sport, Politics and Society in the Arab World. Global Culture and Sport. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230359505_2
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