The Independent Voices 2011 survey names Sultan Al Qassemi among the top Twitter accounts of 2011 in the World News category. Read more »
Media
Pioneer Bloggers in the Gulf Arab States
Long before Facebook updates and 140-character tweets, a number of cyber activists defined the landscape of non-government led opinion in the Gulf Arab states. In less than a decade, a group of bloggers—many of whom have never met—has paved the way for the emergence of the “other opinion” that was and continues to be largely missing from the government controlled Gulf Arab media. The shake-up to traditional media that these blogging pioneers caused was no less significant than what Al Jazeera’s arrival did to the moribund government-controlled television channels of the Arab world. 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 »
Social media as a change agent in the Middle East
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, scholar, columnist, and influential Twitter commentator talks about the role of social media as a change agent in the Middle East. September, 2011. A 2011 Josh Rosenthal Education Fund Lecture from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Read more »
Tweeting the Arab Revolution
A conversation with Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi at the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Read more »
Viewpoint with James Zogby
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Columnist and Social Media Commentator, discusses the effect social media is having on societies in the Middle East and throughout the world. Read more »