A favorite topic of contemporary political punditry concerns the role of social media in facilitating the revolutions of the Arab Spring. At the front line of this pioneering activism is Sultan al-Qassemi, the Emirati columnist, blogger and royal family member whose Twitter feed —read by over 100,000 followers—was named by Time Magazine as one of last year’s top 140. Qassemi spoke to NOW Lebanon about his part in the historic upheavals in the region, and where he thinks we are heading. Read more »
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The Egyptophile!
In an interview with Campus Magazine, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi discusses his love and optimism for Egypt, and why he’s always been “on the right side of history, even if it looked for a few days that I wasn’t.” Read more »
Independent voices of 2011: The most influential non-celebrity users of Twitter
The Independent Voices 2011 survey names Sultan Al Qassemi among the top Twitter accounts of 2011 in the World News category. Read more »
On The Pulse
With thousands of tweets and followers, Sultan Al Qassemi has kept the world informed of events sweeping the region via his outreach throughout the Arab world. In this interview with The Majalla, he reflects on a new generation, the role of social media in the Arab Spring and the potential it has for governments to connect and communicate with their citizens. Read more »
Forbes 100 Most Prominent Arabic Personalities on Twitter
Sultan Al Qassemi counted among the top 100 Arabic voices on Twitter in 2011, according to Forbes Magazine. Read more »
Time: The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2011
Commentators are still debating the extent to which media contributed to the 2011 Arab uprisings, but one thing’s for sure: to the extent that the revolution was tweeted, much of it came through the feed of Sultan al Qassemi. Read more »