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Archives for May 2011

Articles / Gulf News / May 30, 2011

Gulf governments take to social media

In the past few months, the potential of social media outreach in the Gulf hasn’t only been noticed and exploited by marketing firms but also by regional governments and officials. After all, there are a staggering 7.4 million Facebook users in the Gulf according to Inside Facebook as of May this year and 5.5 million Twitter users in the Middle East according to ArabCrunch as of March this year. Read more »

Articles / Emarat Alyoum / May 25, 2011

خطاب حال الاتحاد للإمارات

في مختلف أنحاء العالم، ينتظر مواطنون خطاباً سنوياً للرئيس الاميركي يُدعى خطاب حال الاتحاد. تستعرض فيه إنجازات الدولة في العام الفائت، وأهدافها للسنة المقبلة.

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Articles / The Huffington Post / May 23, 2011

A State of the Union Address for the UAE

In countries the world over, from the US to Russia, and from the Philippines to South Africa, citizens look forward to an annual statement that outlines the state of the nation in the past year and highlights plans for the coming 12 months. Read more »

Articles / Gulf News / May 11, 2011

An expanded GCC: Challenges and Opportunities

The news of the Kingdoms of Jordan and Morocco possibly joining the Gulf Cooperation Council states was met with shock and awe amongst users of social media networks within minutes of its announcement. The new Secretary General of the GCC Abdul Latif Al Zayani, barely a few weeks into his job broke the news to reporters in Riyadh on Tuesday evening. But what will this expanded entity look like and what are the initial challenges and opportunities? Read more »

Articles / Gulf News / May 9, 2011

Muslim Brotherhood in the Gulf: An attempt to steal the show

The governments of the Arab Gulf states have been sceptical of the Arab Spring. For many political observers this scepticism stemmed from the fact that most of these states enjoyed strong personal and political relations with the presidents of Egypt, Yemen and Syria. Read more »

Articles / Arabian Business / May 5, 2011

Osama Bin Laden: He had it coming

For ten years millions of Arabs were held hostage due to the acts of a minority. During this time tens of thousands of lives were lost in senseless violence that only a megalomaniac would be able to justify. Read more »

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Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi is an Emirati columnist and researcher whose articles have appeared in The Financial Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Globe and Mail, as well as other notable publications. Al Qassemi is also a prolific commentator on Arab affairs on Twitter.

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