A look at Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi’s visionary aims for his project, the Barjeel Art Foundation based in Sharjah.
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Videos
London Social Media Discussion with Sultan al-Qassemi
Discussion with Gulf blogger Sultan al-Qassemi and PS21 executive director Peter Apps on the changing face of social media in the middle east from the Arab spring to ISIS. Read more »
Art After the Internet
In this nimble, malleable, and responsive sphere, are artists enabled with an autonomy from art and its institutions? Could the Internet allow artists a means to jettison the formal structures and encourage a different kind of artistic expression? Or does it simply re-enforce real-world realities online? Read more »
Social Media in the Arab World
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, of the MIT MediaLab, speaks on social media and broadening of India-GCC relations. Read more »
Euro-Arab Dialogue Forum
In November 2014 the Lutfia Rabbani Foundation organized a conference on ‘The Arab Future & the role of Europe’ as part of the Dialogue Platform. The conference in the Peace Palace was a gathering of Arabs and Europeans to reflect upon the Euro-Arab relationship. Under the leadership of BBC Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet and with a keynote presentation by United Nations diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi, panelists from a broad spectrum of fields addressed the challenges of political transition, economic development, education and social engagement. Read more »
The Arabian Gulf in the Social Media Era
In this interview with SAMAR, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi discusses his writings, the increasing influence of social media and the challenge of censorship in the Gulf, as well as the position of Arab media and citizens before and after the events known as the “Arab Spring.”
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