| ID | 080502 |
| Title Proper | Sports column as a site of Palestinian nationalism in the |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Sorek, Tamir |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article analyzes the discourse of the sports columns of Filastin, a
major Arab newspaper during the British Mandate period in Palestine.
Between 1944 and 1947, Filastin published an almost daily sports
column that was dedicated to spreading a nationalist ideology. In this
period Filastin strove to promote the idea of a cross-religious modern
national identity and its writing drew a direct line between the
strengthening of the individual body and the strengthening of the
'national body'. It described sports as an integral part of the Arab
heritage and called on the Palestinian leaders to adopt the Egyptian,
Zionist andWestern attitudes toward sports in order to make it a tool of
modernization and nation building |
| `In' analytical Note | Israel Affairs Vol. 13, No.3; Jul 2007: p605-616 |
| Journal Source | Israel Affairs Vol. 13, No.3; Jul 2007: p605-616 |
| Key Words | Israel ; Nation Building ; Nationalism ; Middle East |