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Archives for August 2013

Videos / Atlantic Council / August 21, 2013

What Do Gulf States Want for Egypt?

Stability or democracy? Sultan Al-Qassemi, commentator on Arab affairs, and Hani Sabra, MENA director at the Eurasia Group, joins in conversation with Richard LeBaron, visiting senior fellow with the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. Read more »

Videos / ArabNet Middle East / August 15, 2013

The Future of News Reporting and Consumption

ArabNet speaks to Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, prominent commentator on Arab affairs, about the future of news reporting and consumption in the region. Read more »

Videos / Stanford University / August 14, 2013

Interview with Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (SCDDRL)

In an interview with Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, he shares some of his work, provides insight into the role of social media in the Arab world and comments on his experience as a 2013 Stanford Draper Hills Summer Fellow. Read more »

Press / Foreign Policy / August 13, 2013

The Foreign Policy Top 100 Twitterati of 2013

Sultan Al Qassemi counted among the top 100 voices on Twitter in 2013 in the Middle East category, according to Foreign Policy. Read more »

Articles / Open Democracy / August 2, 2013

A Moroccan political template for the Arab Gulf states?

It is unfathomable to continue governing the Gulf states without some form of citizen participation in the legislature. Also, there is mounting international criticism of these Gulf states, who value their reputations greatly. It’s a question I have returned to over and over again: Why are the Arab Gulf states so averse to actual political reform? Read more »

Articles / Nafas Magazine / August 1, 2013

محمد كاظم: تجاوز الحدود الجغرافية

An Arabic language interview in which Sultan discuss the UAE’s participation in the Venice Bienalle with Mohammed Kazem, an Emirati pioneering artist. Read more »

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About Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi

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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