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Archives for 2016

Videos / Al Arabiya / September 6, 2016

Faisal J Abbas introduces Sultan Al Qassemi

Faisal J. Abbas introduces Sultan Al Qassemi, Keynote Speaker for Al Arabiya English’s blog section launch. Read more »

Articles / Medium / September 5, 2016

eL Seed: The Writing’s On The Wall

Few artists of their generation have left a global mark as French-Tunisian artist eL Seed. At thirty-five years old his monumental canvases are instantly recognizable and can be seen in cities across the world. Walls in cities as varied as Montreal, Sao Paolo, Paris, Doha, New York and Sharjah have been transformed with his magic spray can into open air galleries. Much like Banksy one never knows where next eL Seed artwork will appear. The world is his canvas. Read more »

Videos / TRT World / September 2, 2016

The Newsmakers: Gulf Economies and the TPP Agreement

Crashing economies and unprecedented austerity. Can the gulf region survive this season of rock bottom oil prices? TRT World speaks to Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi about the Gulf economies and the TPP agreement. Read more »

Videos / Joichi Ito / September 1, 2016

A conversation with Sultan Al-Qassemi and Joi Ito

Sultan Al-Qassemi and Joi Ito discuss the Middle East, the UAE, art, culture, emergent democracy and other timely matters. Read more »

Articles / Medium / August 23, 2016

A Dubai architectural gem worthy of a museum

The Dubai Petroleum’s HQ must be preserved for the future of this country when it is vacated, and what way to better honour a building that has literally fueled the development of Dubai into a global city than turn it into a public institution, an art museum for the people. Read more »

Videos / Step Conference / August 22, 2016

Arab Art in a Virtual World

Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, columnist on Arab affairs, MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow, and Founder of Barjeel Art Foundation, took the main stage at STEP2016 to talk about the increasingly important role of technology as a platform to disseminate art from the Arab world and the challenges that come along such as censorship and the lack of intellectual property protection, and what Barjeel Art Foundation has been doing to introduce art from the MENA region to the world. 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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