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 »
Arab World
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »