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