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Sheikh Zayed: The Urbanized Arab Emirates
Al Manakh 2 Gulf Continued, 2010

Live-tweeting a Revolution
Demanding Dignity, 2012

The Arab World: A Sum of Its Parts
Imperfect Chronology, 2015

Young Artists in the GCC
Future Trends in the Gulf, 2015

The Politics of Egyptian Fine Art
Arab Politics beyond the Uprising, 2017

13 Degrees East
100 Masterpieces of Modern and Contemporary Art – The Barjeel Art Foundation collection, 2017

Abdulqader Al Rais: A Record of History
Retrospective of Abdulqader Al Rais, 2018

Abdul Qader Al Rayes: Interview with Mohammed Sami AR EN
Retrospective of Abdulqader Al Rais, 2018

Toward Abstraction: The Case of Kuwait in the 1960s
Taking Shape Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s-1980s, 2020

The Longest Nights With Joy Are Short
Building Sharjah, 2021

Patience Allows Art Time to Fall into Place
The Sun is my Only Ally, 2022

Wiko’s Kitchen, a Fellow’s Perspective
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin Jahrbuch, 2022

Modernism’s Back and Forth
Urban Modernity in the Contemporary Gulf Obsolescence and Opportunities, 2023

Temporal Continuities
The Farjam Collection: Modern and Contemporary Art, 2024

Channelling a Millennium of Arab Geometric Abstraction
Habuba Farah, 2024

Hind Nasser: Honouring a Legacy
Hind Nasser, 2024

An Insight on Levantine Art
Modern Icons, 2024

The Artist Studio as an Intellectual Sanctuary
Ahmed Mater – Chronicles, 2024

Mona Saudi foreword
The Art Library, 2024

The Influence of Islam on Arab Modern Art
Burda Award, 2024

A Decade Before Bandung
The Life and Work of Inji Efflatoun, 2025

Inspired by the Saudi Sun EN AR
Contemporary Kingdom 2, 2025

A Shift of Culture Eastwards Led by Arab Gulf Cities
Future Culture Summit, 2025

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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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