Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi
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Nationality | Emirati |
Alma mater | American University of Paris European Business School |
Occupation | Founder of Barjeel Art Foundation Founder and Chairman of Barjeel Geojit Securities MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow Member of Global Commission on Internet Governance |
Known for | Barjeel Art Foundation |
Website | http://www.barjeelartfoundation.org http://www.sultanalqassemi.com http://www.barjeelgeojit.com |
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi (Arabic: سلطان سعود القاسمي) is an Emirati commentator on Arab affairs and also a member of the Sharjah ruling family. Al-Qassemi is known for his use of Twitter[1] and has been described by numerous media outlets as a prominent voice during the events of the Arab Spring.[2][3] In February 2014 Al-Qassemi joined the Global Commission on Internet Governance[4] and in the summer of 2014 became an MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow.[5] In the Spring 2017 Al-Qassemi was a practitioner in residence at the Hagop Kevorkian Center of Near East Studies at New York University, where he offered a course on Politics of Middle Eastern Art.[6] The Gottlieb Duttweiler Institut's Global Influence list of Arabic thought leaders ranked Al-Qassemi number 19 in 2018.[7] Also in 2018 he was named a World Fellow in the Yale Greenberg World Fellows Program.[8] Al-Qassemi is also the Chairman of Barjeel Geojit Securities, a joint-venture that was formed with Geojit Financial Services of India.[9]
Barjeel Art Foundation[]
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Al-Qassemi is the founder of the Sharjah-based Barjeel Art Foundation whose mission is to promote art by artists from the Arab world through exhibitions locally and internationally. Al-Qassemi was on the panel of judges on Sheikha Manal's Young Artist Award in 2010,[10] 2011 and 2016. Al-Qassemi was also part of the Jury and Selection Committee of The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award 2017. In January 2020, Sultan and Barjeel Art Foundation debuted the largest collection of abstract art by Arab artists in "Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950's-1980's" curated by Suheyla Takesh at NYU Grey Art Gallery. This U.S. traveling exhibition explores mid-20th-century abstract art from North Africa, West Asia, and the Arab diaspora.
Barjeel Geojit[]
Barjeel Geojit was formed as a joint venture between Al-Qassemi and Geojit Financial Services of India in the year 2000. The company is an eight time consecutive winner of Best Performing Financial Advisor in NRI Category at the CNBC-TV18 Financial Advisor Awards.[11][12][13] Al-Qassemi was also featured in the World Economic Forum's list of Young Global Leaders in 2011 as the Chairman of Barjeel Geojit Securities.[14]
Articles[]
Al-Qassemi's articles have appeared in publications including Foreign Policy, The Guardian, The Independent and CNN. He sparked a debate[15] in the UAE following an article[16] in which he recommended that certain expatriates be granted UAE citizenship. In 2013 Sultan Al Qassemi was criticised[17] for suggesting in an article[18] that continuous civil unrest in parts of the Arab world is leading to the emergence of Persian Gulf cities as cultural and commercial centres of the region.
Al-Qassemi has written about media in the Arab world,[19] the Jewish presence in Middle East,[20] British journalists coverage[21] of Dubai and atheism[22] in the Persian Gulf among other topics. An archive of his articles and interviews appears here.[23]
Awards & Recognitions[]
- #39, Apollo 40 Under 40 Global, Apollo Magazine, 2017
- #63, 100 Most Powerful Arabs, Gulf Business, February 2014
- #82, 100 Most Powerful Arabs, Gulf Business, 2013
- '140 Best Twitter Feeds', TIME, 2011[1]
Books[]
- Chapter "The Arab world : a sum of its parts" in "Imperfect chronology : Arab art from the modern to the contemporary: works from the Barjeel Art Foundation", edited by Omar Kholeif with Candy Stobbs, published: Whitechapel Gallery, 2015
- Building Sharjah (Co-edited with Todd Reisz), 2021
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fastenberg, Dan (2011-03-28). "The 140 Best Twitter Feeds Of 2011". Time. Archived from the original on April 11, 2011.
- ^ Adams, Richard (2011-07-08). "How Sultan al-Qassemi tweeted up a revolution". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "On The Pulse - Majalla Magazine". 11 November 2011.
- ^ http://www.cigionline.org/articles/2014/02/sultan-al-qassemi-and-dian-triansyah-djani-join-global-commission-internet-governan
- ^ "Person Overview ‹ Sultan Al Qassemi – MIT Media Lab".
- ^ "Sultan Al Qassemi as Spring 2017 Practitioner-in-Residence | Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies | New York University". neareaststudies.as.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
- ^ "Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi - Global Influence". Global Influence. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
- ^ "Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi | Yale Greenberg World Fellows". worldfellows.yale.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
- ^ "Barjeel Geojit wins CNBC award". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ^ "Sheikha Manal Young Artist shortlist shows a healthy mix | The National". Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ^ "Barjeel wins best performing financial adviser award". The Gulf Today. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "Barjeel Geojit now a five-time winner at CNBC-TV18 awards". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ^ "Winners of UTI CNBC TV18 Financial Advisers Awards". Morning Star. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Staff (2012-03-06). "Four UAE residents are Young Global Leaders". Emirates 24|7. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ^ "Call to naturalise some expats stirs anxiety in the UAE". Reuters. 2013-10-10.
- ^ News, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Special to Gulf (22 September 2013). "Give expats an opportunity to earn UAE citizenship".
- ^ "Responses to Gulf Cities as new Arab Centres of Culture & Commerce article".
- ^ "Thriving Gulf Cities Emerge as New Centers of Arab World". 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Al Jazeera's Awful Week" – via Foreign Policy.
- ^ "Welcoming Our Long-gone Neighbors". 16 May 2008 – via Haaretz.
- ^ "Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi: If you think Dubai is bad, just look at your own country". The Independent. London. 2009-04-10.
- ^ "Gulf atheism in the age of social media". 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Sultan Al Qassemi - journalisted.com".
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- Living people
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- Emirati art collectors
- Emirati political scientists
- Emirati bloggers
- European Business School London alumni
- American University of Paris alumni