An Egyptian boy, wearing the jersey of Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, practicing football at a field in the Egyptian star’s home village of Nagrig, Egypt, May 13, 2018. Gehad Hamdy/dpa/Getty Images MER Article National Football Masculinities and the Game in Egypt As football fans around the world tune in to the World Cup in Qatar, President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi’s regime is rather turning its back on the game, which used to constitute a centerpiece of Egyptian nation building. Based on research conducted for his book, Egypt’s Football Revolution: Emotion, ma Carl Rommel • 13 min read
