Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
“On some levels, you can also have this feeling that we are being duped, somehow. And that the world is at play for something you would understand more if it were pure ideology. It is a very strange time and also basic things are being taken away.”
“You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.”