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Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi is a United Arab Emirates-based columnist whose articles have appeared in The Financial Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The New York Times Room for Debate, Foreign Policy, Open Democracy, and The Globe and Mail, as well as other notable publications.

Sultan rose in prominence during the Arab Spring when his tweets became a major news source, rivaling news networks at the time, until TIME magazine listed him in the “140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2011.” In 2018 Sultan ranked 19th on the "Arabic Thought Leader Index" by Swiss think tank Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute.

Sultan was an MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow from 2014-2016, and in the spring of 2017 he was a practitioner in residence at the Hagop Kevorkian Center of Near East Studies at New York University, where he offered a special course on Politics of Middle Eastern Art.

Sultan is currently conducting research for a book that documents the modern architecture of the city of Sharjah in the UAE.

In 2010 Sultan established the Barjeel Art Foundation that aims to contribute to the intellectual development of the art scene in the Arab region by building an extensive and publicly accessible art collection.

Sultan, along with Todd Reisz is co-editor of Building Sharjah (Birkhäuser, 2021).

His certifications include a 2006 Sharjah Scientific & Cultural Association Recognition Award, as well as the Middle East Leadership Initiative Certificate of Graduation awarded by Aspen Institute in May 2018.

Sultan maintains a vibrant social media presence on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, and Blogspot.

Sultan is also a prominent commentator on Arab affairs on Twitter. In 2018, 100 works from the collection were hosted on a long-term basis at the Sharjah Art Museum.

Profession(s)Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Art Promoter, ColumnistPhysical StatsHeight (approx.)6' (183 cm)Eye ColourBrownHair ColourSalt & PepperCareerAwards, Honours, Achievements • 2019: Grace Hopper Fellow – Yale University, New Haven, USA
• 2016: MEI Scholar – Middle East Institute, Washington DC, USA
• 2016: United Nations Foundation Global Journalist Corps, New York, USA
• 2015: Honorary Senior Fellow – Regent’s University London, UK
• 2014-2016: MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
• 2011: Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar – Aspen Institute, Washington DC, USA
• 2010: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Patron of the Arts Award, Dubai, UAE
• 2005: Sheikh Rashid Award for Academic Excellence, Dubai, UAEPersonal LifeDate of Birth1 January 1978 (Sunday)Age (as of 2025) 47 YearsBirthplaceSharjah, UAEZodiac signCapricornNationalityEmiratiHometownSharjah, UAESchoolAl Maarifa Private School, Sharjah (1994)College/University• American University of Paris, Paris, France (1998)
• European Business School, London, UK (2004)
• Stanford Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) (2013)
• Yale University (2018)Educational Qualification(s)• BSc International Business Administration at American University of Paris, Paris, France (1998)
• MSc Global Banking and Finance at European Business School, London, UK (2004)Religion IslamSocial Media• Instagram
• Facebook
• YouTube
• Twitter
• LinkedInRelationships & MoreMarital StatusMarried FamilyParentsFather- Saoud bin Khaled Al Qassimi (entrepreneur)

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Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi (سلطان سعود القاسمي) is an Emirati columnist and researcher on social, political and cultural affairs in the Arab Gulf States whose articles have appeared in The Financial Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, Open Democracy, The National, and The Globe and Mail, as well as other notable publications.

Sultan’s tweets became a major news source during the Arab Spring, rivaling the major news networks at the time, until TIME magazine listed him in the “140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2011.” In 2018 Sultan ranked 19th on the “Arabic Thought Leader Index” by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute.

Sultan was a practitioner-in-residence at the Hagop Kevorkian Center of Near East Studies at New York University in the Spring of 2017, a 2018 Yale Greenberg World Fellow, a lecturer at the Council of Middle East Studies in Yale University and then an Adjunct Instructor at the Center of Contemporary Arab Studies in Georgetown University in 2019, a Visiting Instructor at the Islamic Civilization & Societies Program in Boston College and a Senior Lecturer at the Art History and Fine Arts department in The American University of Paris in 2020.

Rising in prominence during the Arab Spring, his tweets became a major news source, rivaling the major news networks at the time, until TIME magazine listed him in the “140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2011.” Sultan was an MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow from 2014-2016, and in the Spring of 2017 Sultan was a practitioner in residence at the Hagop Kevorkian Center of Near East Studies at New York University, where he offered a special course on Politics of Middle Eastern Art.

Sultan is also the founder of the Barjeel Art Foundation, an independent initiative established to contribute to the intellectual development of the art scene in the Arab region by building a prominent and publicly accessible art collection in the United Arab Emirates. This is his official website.

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