Shifting Sands: Essays On Sports And Politics In The Middle East And North AfricaThe Middle East and North Africa are experiencing the most fundamental transition in their post colonial history. It is a transition that is changing the borders of nation states as well as their political and social structures. Conflicting visions of what those structures should look like have ensured that transition will take years, and these deep seated differences have ensured that the transition process is volatile, brutal and bloody. The balance