SULTAN SOOUD AL QASSEMI

SOCIAL COMMENTATOR AND FOUNDER OF BARJEEL ART FOUNDATION ORIGIN UAE RESIDENCE UAE SECTOR CULTURE AND SOCIETY

Sultan Al Qassemi needs no introduction these days. As one the UAE’s most famous faces – and voices – the Sharjah native rose to prominence on Twitter for his commentaries on the Middle East during the Arab Spring. He is particularly infamous for his controversial op-ed published in 2013 when he called for citizenship to be opened to foreigners. He has written extensively for international publications such as

Foreign Policy and The Guardian and has built a Twitter following of more than 480,000. He is also the founder of the Barjeel Art Foundation, which aims to preserve and draw attention to modern and contemporary Arab art.