Dr Mahfoud Amara د.عمارة محفوظ

Associate Prof. Sport Management Qatar University. Interested in sport : development, business, & society, culture, politics in the MENA. Views are mine

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

🚨 DISGUSTING: Al Jazeera reporter Hani Mahmoud exposes a horrific war crime.

He confirms the Zionist regime intentionally bombed a funeral procession, slaughtering grieving families.

He reveals they are systematically wiping out four generations at once in Gaza!

[Dr Mahfoud Amara د.عمارة محفوظ @AmaraMahfoud]

My latest opinion piece in The Conversation —Africa : “North Africa’s World Cup teams offered lessons in what works – and what doesn’t”

#Africanfootball #NorthAfrica #worldcup #footballdevelopment #WC2026 #CAF #Algeria #Tunisia #Morocco https://t.co/e4qUtUVvwS

[MUSAFIR @MusafirNafar]

WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL?

A Palestinian farmer tending his land in the occupied West Bank refused to leave for an armed Israeli settler.

So the settler took him hostage, blindfolded and humiliated him while IDF soldiers stood by, guarding and protecting the abuser.

[Neruda57 🐝🕊️🔻 @Neruda57]

😡💥⚽️🏆Israël a tué l’homme qui organisait une projection publique de la Coupe du monde à Gaza (ainsi que 2 enfants), trois minutes après le coup d’envoi du match Égypte-Argentine.
@Byoussef : « C’est ce qu’Israël fait chaque jour. »

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇵🇸🇪🇬 Heartbreaking... the man who organized the Gaza World Cup watch party has been KILLED in an Israeli airstrike.

Mohamed al-Wahidi helped organize giant screens where families in Gaza could gather to watch Egypt vs. Argentina on Tuesday.

He was the director of the Egyptian Committee in Gaza, which provides food, shelter, and other humanitarian assistance to Palestinians.

But just before kick-off, an Israeli strike hit a car in Gaza City's Sabra neighborhood, killing al-Wahidi, a driver, and two brothers aged 8 and 10.

F**king terrible...

Source: CNN (Instagram) / Writer: Michael

[Dr Mahfoud Amara د.عمارة محفوظ @AmaraMahfoud]

Featured in an insightful article by @NaimDRB. The article explores the intricate relationship between diaspora, identity, and the Moroccan national football team
https://t.co/3FUnmkekcu. @QatarUniversity

[Dr Mahfoud Amara د.عمارة محفوظ @AmaraMahfoud]

6/The revealing wait is short: what the market says about these players in the months after the final whistle.
Study registered 👇
https://t.co/v6v9nZ7xeR
#WC2026 #ArabFootball #SportsBusiness

[Dr Mahfoud Amara د.عمارة محفوظ @AmaraMahfoud]

Tonight an Arab team plays a World Cup quarter-final: Morocco vs. France 🇲🇦
It's also the cleanest natural experiment in football economics I've seen in years.
A thread on €1B, 208 players, and whose football the market actually watches 🧵

[Dr Mahfoud Amara د.عمارة محفوظ @AmaraMahfoud]

5/That's the gap our sport management group @QatarUniversity College of Sport Sciences set out to close. Since April we've tracked all 208 players every squad list, match,sub,value signal,dataset built + cross-checked with AI-assisted coding, every key decision human-approved.

[Dr Mahfoud Amara د.عمارة محفوظ @AmaraMahfoud]

Thank you 🇪🇬 for the great performance #mundialdefútbol2026 #كأس_العالم2026

[Dr Mahfoud Amara د.عمارة محفوظ @AmaraMahfoud]

@inewschanneltv لم أتابع اللقاء من البداية . هل موضوع الحوار تحرير القدس ؟

[ISPI @ispionline]

From Vision 2030 to the 2034 FIFA World Cup, the #Gulf is leveraging #sport to reshape its economies, project soft power and redefine its place in the global order.

By Amnah Mosly: https://t.co/qRByMWcfVW

[ISPI @ispionline]

From stadium diplomacy and talent pipelines to media rights and development programmes, #Africa has become a contested sporting arena where global powers compete for influence.

By @AmaraMahfoud: https://t.co/dFTc8ZnLmq

[Dr Mahfoud Amara د.عمارة محفوظ @AmaraMahfoud]

Delighted to share our new open access article in Identities:

“Framing radicalization and Muslim communities in French sports: political and media discourses.”

📖 https://t.co/AJbGRyQloV

Many thanks to @QNL for funding the Open Access publication.

#SportStudies #MediaStudies

[The Peninsula Qatar @PeninsulaQatar]

The FIFA World Cup provides an opportunity to reflect on the different football development models adopted across the Arab world and what lessons can be drawn from them, opines @AmaraMahfoud
https://t.co/AARxUAEL6H

[Dr Mahfoud Amara د.عمارة محفوظ @AmaraMahfoud]

What do the Arab teams’ performances at #WorldCup2026 reveal about the future of football development? My latest @PeninsulaQatar article

Read here:
https://t.co/lYG4WCpy8Z

#ArabFootball #SportManagement #SportsPolicy