Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi discusses recent social developments in Egypt with alternative media platform Jung & Naiv. Read more »
Archives for 2013
Give expats an opportunity to earn UAE citizenship
Some Emiratis are apprehensive about it, and some residents aspire for it. The possibility of naturalising certain long-term UAE residents is not without its sceptics and advocates. Part of the fear of naturalisation is that Emiratis would lose their national identity; we are after all a shrinking minority in our own country. However, UAE national identity has proven to be more resilient and adaptive to the changing environment and times than some may believe. Read more »
Democracy Under Pressure
On September 16, 2013, the IHT Global Conversation travels to Athens to look at the state of democracy in the world and how the economic, social and religious crisis are putting “Democracy under pressure”. Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »