Football explores the deep-rooted presence of the game across the Middle East and North Africa, where it transcends sport and becoming an integral part of the region’s daily life. The publication is motivated by a love of the game and a desire to showcase an underrepresented football culture in the MENA region. The book includes photographs taken between late 1980s up to 2023, in Morocco, Algeria, Iraq, Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Oman, Yemen, UAE, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kurdistan, and other countries in the region.

Photographers:

Abbas, Matthew Ashton, Esaias Baitel, Oded Bality, Bruno Barbey, Nadia Benchallal,
J.D. Dallet, Amelie Debray, Marco Di Lauro, Carolyn Drake, Thomas Dworzak,
Nicos Economopoulos, Mike Egerton, Jinane Ennasri, Michele Falzone, Ilias Faris,
Stuart Franklin, Paul Gapper, Kenneth Garrett, Alan Gignoux, Harry Gruyaert,
Kaveh Kazemi, Matjaz Krivic, Eric Lafforgue, Salah Malkawi, Steve McCurry, Behrouz Mehri,
Franco Origlia, Rachid Ouettassi, Mark Pearson, Paolo Pellegrin, Ted Pink,
Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Marc Riboud, Karim Sahib, Omar Salem, Can Sengunes,
Paule Seux, Mianish Swarup, Newsha Tavakolian, Bob Thomas,
Alex Webb, Nik Wheeler, Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak, Ahmed Zaher; various other authors,