Sport, Cultural Identity, and Masculinity

Umer Hussain is an assistant professor at Missouri State University, USA. His research areas include exploring the intersection of ethnicity, religion, and gender in sports. Hussain has more than nine years of experience in academia and practice. Dr. Hussain’s work has been published in journals such as the European Sport Management Quarterly, International Review of Sociology of Sport, Sport in Society, and Games and Culture.Nola Agha is a professor at the University of San Francisco, USA. Her research involves inequitable redistributions of wealth, the structural forces that allow for inequities, and policies that can remedy them. This includes the public subsidization of professional sports as well as racial and gender inequities. She has published widely and serves on the editorial board of several academic journals.

• PART IThe Intersection of Politics, Culture, and Sports in Afghanistan and Pakistan1 Introduction: Sports in Afghanistan and Pakistan After the Unannounced End of the Global War on Terrorism 2 Historical Landscape of Sports in Afghanistan and Pakistan 3 Sport Under Taliban Rule: The Fall of Kabul (2021), Human Rights, and Afghanistan–Pakistan Cricket Politics 4 The Rise and Fall of Imran Khan and Its Enduring Impact on Sports in the Indian Subcontinent PART IITransnational Movements and the Athlete Diaspora 5 Athlete Migration and Sport Diaspora: Afghan and Pakistani Pathways Across the Global North and South 6 Afghan Refugee Athletes in Islamabad, Pakistan 7 Afghan and Pakistani Athletes’ Migration in the Arab World: Unique Lived Experiences of Athletes in Qatar 8 Afghan and Pakistani Athletes’ Migration in Europe: Media Framing and Western Discourse 9 Afghan and Pakistani Athletes’ Migration in the United States: An Auto-Ethnographic Study PART IIISport as a Mirror of Sociopolitical Realities and Identity 10 Sport as a Geopolitical Battleground: Pakistani Sports Under Pakistan Junta’s Control 11 South Asian Muslim Men, Masculinity, and Sport 12 Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here?