It's been ten years since Bassem Sabry left us. It's hard to articulate how much he was loved and how by some miracle did this love come from people from all facets of society, young and old, conservative and liberal, capitalist and socialist, everyone just agreed on Bassem. I've…

#وزارة_الثقافة وهيئة التأمين هيئة التأمين | Insurance Authority تُطلقان منتج التأمين الثقافي لحماية الأصول الثقافية بكافة أشكالها.

Our students from سلطان سعود القاسمي's class, 'Politics of Middle Eastern Art,' had the pleasure to visit Jameel Arts Centre on a field trip 🖼 Read more here: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…
American University of Sharjah

This photo was taken in Damascus in 1899. The dwarf is Samir. He is a Christian and cannot walk. The one who carries him on his back is Muhammad. He is a Muslim and he is blind.

Mohamed relies on Samir to tell him where to go, and Samir uses his friend's back to navigate the…

From the walls of his home to his foundation’s collection, سلطان سعود القاسمي is championing Arab art.

Dive into the rich cultural heritage he's preserving and promoting on #TheDialogue w/ @MediaCityQa 👇

It was wonderful to open the 2024 Sharjah International Booksellers Conference by Sharjah Book Authority, which gets bigger and stronger every year, with participants from Africa, the Arab region, Asia, South America, and Europe.

Thanks to Margot Chevance & Guy Shone of @Euronews for flying to the UAE to film this profile feature about the work of Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah & beyond (8 min video) @EuronewsCulture

Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, the art collector supporting gender equality euronews.com/business/2024/…

Great article. This is the Columbia University I'm familiar with.

The week that shook Columbia - on.ft.com/4beW8mI via Financial Times

If #Sharjah has sought to preserve its past while other cities have chosen to build over it, it’s mainly due to the vision of, HH Sheikh Dr. Sultan, whose veneration of culture and heritage have shaped our emirate above all. bloom.bg/448YjWB

‘Every day I cry’: 50 women talk about life as a domestic worker under the Gulf’s kafala system | The The Guardian theguardian.com/global-develop…

ليانا صالح تستضيف القيم مراد منتظمي لتحاوره عن معرض تجليات عربية المقام حاليا في متحف الفن الحديث في باريس والذي اعرناه 18 لوحة من مجموعة بارجيل. احثكن/م على زياره هذا المعرض الرائع.

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Join MEI for a talk by H.E. Dr. Yasir Al Naqbi, Director General, GovAcademy, دائرة التمكين الحكومي, on promoting effective governance and nurturing innovation, moderated by Prof. Tarek Masoud.

شبكة أبوظبي للإعلام

Register: belfercenter.org/event/building…

“Who remembers the Armenians?”

A poem by Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish

The column is part of a special issue of Bloomberg Markets magazine on the Gulf

It includes great articles by colleagues like Ben Bartenstein Devon Pendleton Matthew Martin Sam Dagher & many others

It also includes my interview with سلطان سعود القاسمي in the 'Books & Ideas' section

'“I feel like I can breathe,” says Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi at the preview. “It is such a relief to see work from the region without having to see it next to European paintings.”

Al Qassemi’s Barjeel Art Foundation, based in Sharjah, lent work to the show, alongside other…

I’m very excited for @SRTIPark’s future after the board set ambitious plans to unlock its potential as an international leader in sustainable technology, innovation, and R&D. SRTIP is a vital part of Sharjah’s transformation into a frontier industry hub.
 
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'Al Jazeera is back, reliving its glory days through round-the-clock coverage of the horrors there, even as its journalists have been killed in action by Israeli forces. Social media is back, too—not the corpse of Twitter or the woefully censored Facebook and Instagram, so much…

This weekend euronews heads to @barjeelart in #sharjah #uae 🇦🇪 to meet the inspirational سلطان سعود القاسمي 📺
@mediacityqa Margot Chevance

One Gulf City Preserves Streets After Others Bulldozed Old Buildings

- A great contribution by the dear ⁦سلطان سعود القاسمي⁩ 🙏🏻 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…