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Articles / Emarat Alyoum / October 4, 2009

حلول راديكالية لمشكلات كهرباء الشارقة

أعرف أن ما سأكتبه قد يجلب لي الكثير من الانتقادات، ولكنني تعودت على ذلك مع مرور كل هذه الأشهر. والحقيقة هذا الموضوع مثير للجدل مهما حاولنا محاكاته بدبلوماسية، وأقصد هنا موضوع انقطاع الكهرباء المتكرر في الإمارة الباسمة. فعلى مدى أسابيع عدة مضت تعرّض مقيمون ومحال تجارية إلى انقطاعات تجاوزت الـ12 ساعة في اليوم ما أدى إلى مصاعب نفسية وجسدية ومالية قدرت بـ 500 مليون درهم.

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Articles / The National / October 4, 2009

Rumours of Expulsion of Lebanese Shia From the UAE

Over the past few weeks two unfounded rumors about the United Arab Emirates have snowballed on the pages of some newspapers in the Arab world and have even been picked up by newswires. Some media organizations seem so inclined to print negative news about this country that once they have exhausted the typical stories about the effects of the global financial crisis on the UAE, they no longer have an issue with presenting negative rumors as facts. Read more »

Articles / MONEYworks / October 1, 2009

Levelling the UAE Playing Field

There is no doubt that the UAE will benefit from a revised companies law that levels the playing field. After all, why, for example, should there be only one agent for a specific brand of cars? What a revised version of the federal companies law would mean for the UAE. Read more »

Articles / The National / September 27, 2009

Qasimi: A new Emirati fashion label is born

In this article, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi discusses the cultural significance of the Emirati show in London Fashion Week by the talented Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi, the Emirati fashion designer behind the Qasimi label who put the performance together. Read more »

Articles / Emarat Alyoum / September 27, 2009

قاسمي تكسر تابو الأزياء

حظيت في الأسبوع الماضي بفرصة لمشاهدة حدث إماراتي ضخم في قلب العاصمة البريطانية لندن. كان الحدث عرض أزياء في «اليوبيل الفضي لأسبوع لندن للموضة»، للمصمم الإماراتي خالد بن سلطان القاسمي، الذي اختار اسم «قاسمي» علامته التجارية. كانت القاعة الكائنة في الطابق الأول من مخزن قديم تم تحديثه على أطراف شارع أكسفورد مملوءة بشخصيات على علاقة بعالم الفن والأزياء.

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Articles / September 25, 2009

Our cartoon heroes – now that they are really our own

A new generation of Emirati men and women have emerged, like Mohammed Saeed Hareb of Freej, Haider Mohammed, of Sha’biyat and Najla al Shahhi of Khusa Busa, the latest animated cartoon produced in the UAE. Because of the success of Emirati cartoons, the UAE has been transformed in the past few years from a net importer of regional culture to a cultural exporter. 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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