In this interview with Creative Time Report, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, co-director of Art Dubai’s Global Art Forum, connects the themes of this year’s conference with broader conversations about art, culture, politics and technology in the Middle East. Read more »
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Of Politics and Art – The Barjeel Art Foundation
With a quarter of a million Twitter followers and dozens of political articles published on notable news sites such as the Huffington Post, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi may well have established himself as one of the most resonating voices on current affairs in the Arab world. Rising to fame through his coverage of political unrest in the Middle East, Al Qassemi is increasingly representing the region by way of an ever widening platform and his audience thankfully follows his insightful analysis of current affairs. Due to his constant exposure to the public eye, many may believe that they know who Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi is and what he stands for. But how much does a 140-character tweet reveal about a person? To understand what motivates this young Emirati to reach out to the world in the way he does, it is advisable to take a closer look at his great passion for the arts. Read more »
The Foreign Policy Top 100 Twitterati of 2013
Sultan Al Qassemi counted among the top 100 voices on Twitter in 2013 in the Middle East category, according to Foreign Policy. Read more »
Journalist who used Twitter to chronicle the Arab Spring speaking at the IU School of Journalism
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, a respected commentator on Arab affairs who is widely recognized for his use of the popular social networking site Twitter during the Arab Spring, will speak Monday, Nov. 12 2012, at the Indiana University School of Journalism. Read more »
Gulf Monarchies inside and outside
BloGlobal spoke to Sultan al-Qassemi about external and internal dimension of the Gulf Monarchies’ policies during the Festival of Internazionale 2012. Read more »
Tweeting revolutions, 140 characters at a time
The Next Web speaks to this United Arab Emirates-based businessman and writer is best known for his role on Twitter, curating and sharing articles from all over the Arabic and English Web, live tweeting significant events in Egypt and beyond, sharing all the news he can find on the Arab uprisings and news emerging from the Middle East, 140 characters at a time. Read more »