Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi
Sultan on top of Tahrir Square on the first anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution.
NationalityEmirati
Alma materAmerican University of Paris
European Business School
Occupation(s)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 forBarjeel Art Foundation
Websitehttp://www.barjeelartfoundation.org
http://www.sultanalqassemi.com
http://www.barjeelgeojit.com

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi (Arabic: سلطان سعود القاسمي) is an Emirati educator, art collector, scholar, and columnist.[1][2][3][4] Sultan is a member of the ruling Al Qasimi family of Sharjah.

Al-Qassemi is an influential commentator on Arab affairs, and is known for his use of social media—Twitter in particular.[5][6] He has been described by numerous media outlets as a prominent voice during the events of the Arab Spring.[7][8]

In 2010, he founded the Barjeel Art Foundation, an organization dedicated to art of North Africa and West Asia based in Sharjah.[9][10] Al-Qassemi is increasingly regarded as an authority on modern and contemporary art in the region.[11]

In February 2014 Al-Qassemi joined the Global Commission on Internet Governance[12] and in the summer of 2014 became an MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow.[13] He has completed a number of academic fellowships and residencies, including at Yale as a World Fellow,[14] at the Kennedy School's Belfer Center[15] at Harvard University,[16] and others. He has also offered courses on the Politics of Modern Middle Eastern Art as a visiting scholar at universities including NYU,[17] Boston College,[18] Brandeis University, Sciences Po, and Columbia University.[19]

The Gottlieb Duttweiler Institut's Global Influence list of Arabic thought leaders ranked Al-Qassemi number 19 in 2018.[20] Al-Qassemi is also the Chairman of Barjeel Geojit Securities, a joint-venture that was formed with Geojit Financial Services of India.[21]

  1. ^ "Arts This Week: 'Abstraction From The Arab World' And 'A Woman Of The World'". News. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Scholar and art collector Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, an interview | CFA". Conceptual Fine Arts. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi". Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Sultan Al Qassemi". Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  5. ^ Fastenberg, Dan (28 March 2011). "The 140 Best Twitter Feeds Of 2011". Time. Archived from the original on 11 April 2011.
  6. ^ Fastenberg, Dan (28 March 2011). "The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2011 - TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  7. ^ Adams, Richard (8 July 2011). "How Sultan al-Qassemi tweeted up a revolution". The Guardian. London.
  8. ^ "On The Pulse - Majalla Magazine". 11 November 2011.
  9. ^ Ayad, Myrna (5 November 2015). "Whitechapel Gallery in London Brings Modern Arab Art to the World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  10. ^ arielhauter (10 September 2017). "Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi | Apollo 40 Under 40 Global | The Collectors". Apollo Magazine. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Sultan Al Qassemi and Dian Triansyah Djani join the Global Commission on Internet Governance". www.cigionline.org. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014.
  13. ^ "Person Overview ‹ Sultan Al Qassemi – MIT Media Lab".
  14. ^ "Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi | Yale Greenberg World Fellows". worldfellows.yale.edu. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Sultan Al Qassemi". Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Teaching Engagements". sultanalqassemi.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Sultan Al Qassemi as Spring 2017 Practitioner-in-Residence | Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies | New York University". neareaststudies.as.nyu.edu. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi - Visiting Instructor - Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences - Boston College". www.bc.edu. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Sultan Al-Qassemi | Columbia SIPA". www.sipa.columbia.edu. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  20. ^ "Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi - Global Influence". Global Influence. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  21. ^ "Barjeel Geojit wins CNBC award". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 20 May 2018.