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Articles / The National / July 13, 2022

English is gaining ground in the Arab world – at Arabic’s expense

With each passing year, the decline of spoken Arabic is only growing. Steps are being taken to preserve it, but this continues to be an uphill battle. In this article, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi argues for the importance of globalising and modernising without losing our language. Read more »

Articles / Raseef22 / June 16, 2020

New Arab Hip Hop: Between Love and Rebellion

A generational divide is manifesting itself in the Arab World in politics, activism, human rights and more recently in music. Nowhere is this more evident than in the hip hop industry. Read more »

Events / April 11, 2018

Middle Eastern Art in Conflict

Join the Georgetown MENA Forum on Friday, April 20 from 12:30-2:30pm for a conversation on Middle Eastern art in conflict with the founder of Barjeel Art Foundation, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi. Read more »

Articles / AramcoWorld / April 1, 2018

The Modernist

Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi is among the leaders of a cultural shift that over the last decade has brought modern and contemporary art from the Arab world to global attention. He talks to AramcoWorld about his work with the Barjeel Art Foundation in generating cultural awareness of modern Arab art. Read more »

Videos / Samar Media / February 27, 2018

The Arabian Gulf in the Social Media Era

In this short feature, Sultan Sooud al Qassemi discusses the importance of Arab writers and thinkers in reclaiming their own narratives, and the reshaping of modern political discourse in the region during the social media age, that encourages a spirit of debate in an increasingly interconnected world. Read more »

Press / Raseef22 / January 17, 2018

Intellectuals Finally Eclipse Religious Figures in GDI’s Arab world Thought Leaders Rankings

Raseef22, an independent media platform inspired by the Arab Spring discusses Sultan’s inclusion in the 2018 rankings of Thought Leaders in the Arab world released by Swiss think tank Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI). 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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